duckwalk

See also: duck walk

English

Etymology

duck +‎ walk, from its resemblance to the awkward waddle of a duck.

Verb

duckwalk (third-person singular simple present duckwalks, present participle duckwalking, simple past and past participle duckwalked)

1. (intransitive) To jump on one leg while moving the other back and forth, a motion sometimes employed by guitar players in popular music.
2. (intransitive) To walk while squatting.
   • 1997, Dana Stabenow, Breakup, →ISBN, page 40:

     Kate and Dan duckwalked beneath the props to one side of the clearing as the rotors spun into a blur.

Noun

duckwalk (plural duckwalks)

1. Alternative spelling of duck walk

Translations

jump

• Bulgarian: патешко ходене (pateško hodene)
• Finnish: tanssia ankkakävelyä, tehdä ankkakävelyä

to walk squatting

• Finnish: kävellä kyykyssä