speed walking

noun

1. power walking.

Other Words From

• speed walker noun
• speed-walk verb (used without object)

Word History and Origins

Origin of speed walking¹

First recorded in 1985–90

Example Sentences

The movie opens with him speed walking in a circle inside a spacious, elegantly shambolic apartment before pausing to execute some calisthenics.

From New York Times

In the Republican-controlled House, which has acted as Mr. Trump’s sword and shield, vulnerable Republicans who represent districts President Biden won in 2020 are speed walking to the Trump bandwagon, where their MAGA-loving colleagues are greeting them with an “I told you so.”

From New York Times

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

She is almost always scribbling, at least when she’s not speed walking, her head tucked into a yellow legal pad.

From Los Angeles Times

In the scene, Holt is speed walking with elderly white women in the neighborhood, and when they try to set him up with a woman he tries to go along and states he likes "a strong, female woman with nice, heavy breasts."

From Salon