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Verbs of Motion

There are as many ways to get from A to B as there are Bs to get to from A. Here is a collection of them, verbs to get you moving.

A

  • advance
  • aim (for)
  • amble
  • angle (towards etc)

B

  • back (out, away etc)
  • barrel
  • beetle
  • belt
  • bluster
  • bolt
  • boogie
  • bounce
  • bound
  • bumble

C

  • canter
  • careen
  • career
  • chacha
  • charge
  • crawl
  • creep

D

  • dance
  • dart
  • dash
  • dawdle
  • dive
  • dodder
  • dogtrot
  • drag
  • drive

E

  • emerge (from)
  • enter
  • escape
  • exit

F

  • file (in)
  • flee
  • flex
  • flit
  • flop
  • flounce
  • fly
  • footslog
  • forge (on, ahead)
  • foxtrot

G

  • gallop
  • gambol
  • glide
  • go

H

  • hare
  • hasten
  • head (towards, for, to etc)
  • hightail
  • hike
  • hobble
  • hop
  • hurry
  • hurtle
  • hustle

I

  • inch
  • issue (from)

J

  • jaunt
  • jitterbug
  • jive
  • jog
  • journey
  • jump

K

  • kick

L

  • labor / labour
  • lag
  • leap
  • leg (it)
  • limp
  • lollop
  • lope
  • lunge
  • lurch

M

  • march
  • meander
  • mince
  • mooch
  • mosey
  • move

N

  • nip (into, across, over etc)

P

  • pace
  • pad
  • parade
  • pass
  • patrol
  • patter
  • pelt
  • perambulate
  • pirouette
  • plod
  • pootle
  • pop (in, to, over etc)
  • potter
  • pound
  • prance
  • press
  • proceed
  • progress
  • promenade
  • prowl
  • pull
  • pulse
  • push

Q

  • quickmarch
  • quickstep

R

  • race
  • ramble
  • regress
  • return
  • rhumba
  • roam
  • roll
  • romp
  • rove
  • run
  • rush

S

  • sail
  • samba
  • sashay
  • saunter
  • scamper
  • scarper
  • scoot
  • scram
  • scud
  • scuff
  • scurry
  • scuttle
  • seethe
  • shuffle
  • sidle
  • skedaddle
  • skip
  • skitter
  • slide
  • slink
  • slip
  • slither
  • slope
  • sneak
  • speed
  • spin
  • split
  • sprint
  • stagger
  • stalk
  • stampede
  • steam
  • step
  • stomp
  • streak
  • stretch
  • stride
  • stroll
  • strut
  • stumble
  • swagger
  • sway
  • sweep
  • swim

T

  • tango
  • tank
  • tiptoe
  • totter
  • traipse
  • tramp
  • trample
  • travel
  • tread
  • trek
  • trip
  • tromp
  • troop
  • trot
  • trudge
  • trundle
  • tumble

U

  • undulate

W

  • waddle
  • wade
  • walk
  • waltz
  • wander
  • wend
  • whizz
  • wobble

Y

  • yawl

Z

  • zip
  • zoom