speed walking

American  

noun

1. power walking.

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Other Word Forms

• speed walker noun
• speed-walk verb (used without object)

Etymology

Origin of speed walking

First recorded in 1985–90

Example Sentences

Now, a research group from Tohoku University Graduate School of Engineering has replicated human-like variable speed walking using a musculoskeletal model -- one steered by a reflex control method reflective of the human nervous system.

From Science Daily • Jan. 22, 2024

I suggested a walk-and-talk office hour, speed walking around my local park.

From Salon • Jul. 3, 2021

We are asked to find her speed walking and riding her bike.

From Textbooks • Apr. 22, 2020

The flat, rectangular green space stretches about 500 yards under palms, past a fenced-off pond and along rows of equipment for speed walking and chin-ups.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 25, 2020

Before I knew it, I found myself speed walking to catch up with her.

From "The First Rule of Punk" by Celia C. Pérez