How to: PARAS

Generally, the biggest difference between paras and para samples is that paras are done with other roleplayers while samples are used solely in auditions.  However, there is one type of para, to be explained, that is not an interaction.

Paras.  The point of a para is to move the plot forward.  Two or more characters write together, reblogging the prior person’s post and adding their own character’s actions and thoughts.  Paras range in any kind, from first meetings to friendships, enemies, even lovers.  Usually a para will be at least 2 paragraphs and the most important thing to remember is to be fair to your partner and give them something to respond to.  If they write a para that is 4 paragraphs and you respond with half of that it can be pretty frustrating.  

Dos and Donts:

• Do:  Plot first!!  This isn’t always a must but I encourage you to message the other handler and say “hey, so what should our para be about?”  If you ship your character with theirs, tell them so that you can figure out if it’s viable.  If you want your characters to hate each other, tell them so they aren’t totally blindsided.  Honestly, plotting is a great way to set up a base for the para, you have a template to go off of and aren’t just “winging it”.
• Don’t:  God-mod.  This means, don’t take control of the other person’s character.  Let their character act how they want, don’t say things like “Fiona flipped her hair at Michael’s response” because unless you’re Fiona you shouldn’t assume that’s how she’ll respond.  Even the tiniest of actions can be god-modding and you don’t want to lose a partner by doing so.
• Do:  Write feelings and thoughts.  Yes, actions are primarily what paras should be; something has to move the plot along.  However, in order to add depth you can add your character’s internal reactions and then their action. Maybe your character felt alarmed by what the other character said but didn’t show it, instead choosing to act calm and collected.
• Don’t:  Read into it.  Honestly it bothers me when I write a para and I say “Josh felt alarmed but he didn’t show it”, only to have the other person write “despite Josh’s attempts, Evan could tell that he was alarmed”.  The whole point of the thoughts isn’t so the other person can read the character’s mind, unless they have a power that allows them to.

Steps to Para Writing

1. Plot:  Not a necessity but it allows you to discuss where the para will go.  Will it create the base of a friendship, romance, or enemies?  Additionally, it allows you to know where to go instead of writing whatever and possibly creating an awkward situation.
2. Starter:  Created by one of the 2, 3, 4 or whatever roleplayers.  Basically one person posts the starter and the other person replies.  The starter is generally whatever length the roleplayer wants, I recommend 2 to 5 paragraphs so as not to under/overwhelm the other roleplayer.
3. Responses:  Cut them.  This means that you delete all of the responses, excluding your partner’s last response and yours that you are writing.  It prevents the dash from getting clogged and just looks way neater.
4. Ending the para:  Don’t drag it out.  Endings can be awkward but always end a para to start a new one, instead of having the same one drag for 20 replies.  Maybe have a para end at one day and then begin a few days later on a pre-agreed plot.  Or, if you don’t have chemistry with the other writer, maybe that’s your only interaction with their character, at least for awhile.

Additionally:

• If there are open paras (meaning that no one has replied), you should try to respond if you have time.  No one likes to be left out.  The best way to tell if it’s an open para is if it has no notes and says (Open) or doesn’t say (self-para).
• Self paras:  These are done in many ways.  Some roleplays use them to have the characters react to a certain situation, others do them when a character remembers something that they forgot.  Admins sometimes have them as prompts, otherwise you can do them at your leisure.  It’s just a closed para, explaining your character’s feelings about something, their motives, or anything you want.  These are great to do when you’re a little bored and no one is online :D

Words, Words, Words | Instead of Angry

1. Acrid: extremely harsh (also refers to an unpleasant taste or smell)
2. Acrimonious: harshly unpleasant
3. Aggravated: angrily agitated
4. Angered: made angry
5. Annoyed: angry about being disturbed or harassed
6. Antagonistic: angrily opposed
7. Antipathetic: expressing antipathy, or aggression or aversion
8. Apoplectic: violently angry, from the adjectival form of apoplexy, the former word for stroke
9. Ballistic: explosively angry, from the adjective describing projectile flight
10. Bellicose: aggressively angry, from the synonym for warlike
11. Belligerent: see bellicose
12. Bitter: harshly upset due to resentment
13. Blue in the face: see frustrated, from the idea of facial discoloration caused by extreme emotion
14. Boiling: extremely angry, with the figurative sense of being agitated like heated water
15. Bristling: defensively angry, suggestive of an animal’s hair bristling as it responds to a threat
16. Burning: extremely angry, from the notion of the body overheating because of the intensity of feeling
17. Caustic: cruelly angry, or sarcastic
18. Cheesed off: see frustrated (can also mean “bored” or “disgusted”)
19. Choleric: easily angered
20. Churlish: disrespectfully angry
21. Cold: angry in an emotionally remote manner
22. Contrary: uncooperatively angry
23. Cool: angry but with emotions are held in check
24. Embittered: made upset
25. Enraged: violently angry
26. Exasperated: see frustrated
27. Fired up: see hot
28. Fit to be tied: extremely angry, suggesting that the person angered should be restrained
29. Foaming: so angry as to suggest insanity caused by hydrophobia (rabies), from the idea that foaming at the mouth is symptomatic of the disease
30. Frustrated: angry or upset because of obstacles or challenges
31. Fuming: extremely angry, from the association of the person with a volcano or other heated natural phenomenon
32. Furious: intensely angry
33. Going crook: losing one’s temper
34. Hopping: so angry as to suggest that the person might jump up and down to express or assuage anger
35. Hopping mad: see hopping
36. Horn-mad: extremely angry
37. Hostile: actively intimidating, unfriendly, or resistant
38. Hot: angry, with the sense of physical discomfort caused by emotion
39. Hot under the collar: see hot
40. Icy: see cold
41. Incensed: see indignant
42. Indignant: angry because of a real or perceived slight or unjust attack
43. Inflamed: see hot
44. Infuriated: see furious
45. Irate: see furious
46. Ireful: see irate
47. Livid: intensely angry to the point of being unable to control oneself (livid, however, can also mean “bruised,” “pale,” or “colorful,” with the second sense associated with pain, shock, or fear)
48. Mad: angry; this term has so many other senses and is so easily replaced by any of its many synonyms that it is all but useless except in a statement starting with “I’m so mad I could …”
49. Outraged: angry about an offense
50: Perturbed: upset (also means “confused”)
51. Pissed off: angry
52. Rabid: see foaming
53: Raging: see furious
54. Rancorous: malevolently angry
55. Rankled: angry or resentful
56. Ranting: irrationally angry
57. Raving: see ranting
58. Riled: upset
59. Roiled: see riled
60: Seeing red: so angry that one’s vision is blurred, or one is stimulated as a bull in a bullfight
61. Seething: repressing violent anger
62. Shirty: angry
63. Smoldering: see seething
64. Sore: see indignant
65. Soreheaded: see indignant
66. Steamed: see hot
67. Steaming: see hot
68: Storming: having a temper or an anger suggestive of stormy weather
69. Stormy: see storming
70. Ticked: angry; also “ticked off”
71. Vitriolic: see caustic
72. Worked up: upset
73. Wrathful: see furious
74. Wroth: see furious
75. Wrought up: see “worked up”

Words, Words, Words | Instead of Said

• Accepted, Accused, Acknowledged, Admitted, Advertised, Affirm, Agonized, Agreed, Alleged, Announced, Answered, Appealed, Apply for, Arranged, Articulated, Asked, Asserted, Asseverate, Assumed, Assured, Attract, Aver, Avow,
• Barked, Bawl, Bawled, Beamed, Beckoned, Begged, Bellowed, Beseeched, Blubbered, Blurted, Bossed, Breathed, Broadcast,
• Cajole, Called, Carped, Cautioned, Censured, Chimed in, Choked, Chortled, Chuckled, Circulate, Claim, Comforted, Conceded, Concurred, Condemned, Confer, Confessed, Confided, Confirm, Consoled, Contend, Continued, Crave, Cried out, Criticized, Croaked, Crooned, Crowed,
• Declared, Defend, Demanded, Denote, Dictated, Disclosed, Disposed, Disseminate, Distribute, Divulged, Drawled,
• Emitted, Empathized, Encourage, Encouraged, Entreated, Exact, Exclaimed, Explained, Exposed,
• Faltered, Finished, Fumed,
• Gawped, Get out, Giggled, Given, Glowered, Grieved, Grinned, Groan, Groaned, Growled, Grumbled,
• Handed on, Held, Hesitated, Hinted, Hissed, Hollered, Howled,
• Impart, Implied, Implored, Importune, Inclined, Indicate, Informed, Inquired, Insisted, Interjected, Invited,
• Jabbered, Joked, Justified,
• Keened,
• Lamented, Laughed, Leered, Lilted,
• Maintained, Make known, Make public, Marked, Mewled, Mimicked, Moaned, Mocked, Mourned, Murmured, Mused
• Necessitated, Needed, Noted,
• Observed, Offered, Ordered,
• Passed on, Pleaded, Postulated, Preached, Premised, Presented, Presupposed, Proclaimed, Prodded, Professed, Proffered, Promised, Promulgated, Proposed, Protested, Provoked, Publicized, Published, Puled, Put forth, Put out,
• Quaked, Queried, Quipped, Quivered, Quizzed,
• Raged, Ranted, Reckoned that, Rejoiced, Rejoined, Released, Remarked, Remonstrated, Repeated, Replied, Reprimanded, Requested, Required, Requisition, Retorted, Revealed, Roared,
• Sang, Scoffed, Scolded, Seethed, Sent on, Settled, Shared, Shed tears, Shouted, Shrieked, Shrugged, Shuddered, Snarled, Snivelled, Sobbed, Solicited, Sought, Specified, Spluttered, Spread, Stammered, Stated, Stuttered, Stressed, Suggested, Supposed, Swore,
• Taunted, Teased, Testified, Thundered, Ticked off, Told, Told off, Tore a strip off, Touted, Transferred, Transmitted, Trembled, Trumpeted,
• Understood, Undertook, Upbraided, Uttered,
• Verified, Vociferated, Voiced, Vouched for, Vouchsafe,
• Wailed, Wanted, Warned, Weep, Went on. Wept, Wheedle, Whimpered, Whined, Whispered,
• Yawped, Yelled, Yelped, Yowled

Love is in the Air | Kissing Scenes

1. Don’t write kiss, write everything else. A “slow, loving and passionate kiss” does not include the actual word kiss if at all possible. Write what the character(s) is feeling. Write using the senses (cross off smell, touch, sight, taste, and sound from your list as you write). The wordkiss is for pecks in the cheek and quick goodbyes. A passionate kiss is everything butkiss, if you catch our meaning.
2. Less is more. You don’t need three paragraphs of exposition to describe a kiss. Write as much as you can and weed out the stuff that doesn’t make you sigh. Focus your writing to be as intimate as you can. A kiss involves two people. A real kiss makes the reader forget everything but those two people.
3. Keep your characters in character. Think very hard about what a passionate kiss between two characters means for them individually. For a villain, it could mean salvation, redemption, self-loathing. For a young woman in love, it could be trust, happiness, a future. You get the idea. Your characters will all approach a kiss with something different, and they will likely focus on different things, so keep that in mind when you describe the physical aspects of a kiss as well as their feelings.

Okay, first, remember that a kiss is much, much more than just lips.  It is lips, but also tongues, teeth, eyes, faces, hands, noses, bodies, heartbeats,  breath, voice- and most importantly, a kiss is emotions.  A kiss without emotion is just wet mushy lips stuck together.  Ew.  Gross.  The most important part of a kiss isn’t the how, but the who- because of the emotions between the two people.

Okay so:

1. lips- Lips can slide, glide over each other smoothly, or they can be chapped and rough and dry and get stuck on each other.  They can match, top-to-top and bottom-to-bottom, or they can overlap, with one person’s top or bottom lip captured between the other person’s lips (yummy).  If there is lipstick or chapstick there is lipstick or chapstick flavor, otherwise, lips don’t have a taste (can you taste yours?).  Lips also can smack- the sound of two of them coming together or pulling apart, because they’re wet and warm and soft. 
2. tongue-Tongues are always wet, and always warm.  They’re very versatile.  They can trace over lips, teeth, or another tongue.  They can be smooth and graceful or teasing and flicking.  When tongues are involved, there is drool.  It’s only sexy when you like the person you’re kissing, or else it’s kinda gross. :P
3. teeth- teeth can clack together awkwardly, or teeth can bite down sensually.  A person biting their own lip is cute, a person biting another’s lips is sexy.  A person biting gently is sensual, a person biting roughly is sexual. 
4. eyes- Eyes can be wide open with surprise, half-lidded with desire, fully closed with pleasure.  Eyes can gaze lovingly, lustfully, wistfully, hungrily, seductively- it all depends upon the emotions of your characters.  Have them do whatever you like, but don’t leave them out- give them at least a mention!
5. faces- Faces are what the lips are attached to.  Noses bump, cheeks flush, ears turn red, foreheads either wrinkle or relax.  Kisses can leave lips, quite easily, and become kisses on chins, cheeks, noses, foreheads, ears, necks, throats.  Kisses on noses or foreheads are cute and adorable, kisses on cheeks are sweet, kisses on chins, ears, and throats are very sexual.  And a kiss on the lips can be all of those! <3
6. hands- Hands are super-important.  In order to describe a kiss, usually you want to also describe the hands.  Where are they?  Does one character have their hand behind the other’s head or back, holding them close?  Are they on someone’s shoulders pulling them near, or pushing them away?  Fingers brushing someone’s cheek or palms grabbing someone’s ass convey two very different kinds of situations, even if the kiss itself is exactly the same.
7. noses- Noses are annoying.  They easily get in the way, especially for first kisses!  People have to tilt their head to one side or the other, and if they don’t, noses bump.  I’d only mention noses if a kiss is supposed to be awkward or uncertain or nervous.
8. bodies-bodies are either close together, or far away.  Someone can be surrounded comfortingly by someone’s arms, or terrifyingly trapped by them.  Bodies are warm or hot, they are calm or nervous, relaxed or tense.  Body language says a lot.  Is your character pulling away, or moving closer?
9. heartbeat- Hearts can beat fast or slow, and that’s about all they can do- but there are lots of reasons why they do!  A heart can beat fast with fear or excitement or nervousness; a heart can pound with lust or race with terror or sing with joy.  Hearts can glow, cower, or shatter.  When you really want to drive the emotions of a character home, mention the heart.
10. breath- To me, the most consuming part of a kiss is the breath.  The air that someone else has just breathed going deep into your lungs is very intimate.  Lips and tongues don’t have a taste, but breath does.  Each person’s breath tastes different, smells different, and surrounds a person differently than anyone else’s breath.  Breath can be warm and sweet, breath can be hot and sexy, breath can be hot and frightening.  It is something that is very present and should not be left out.  A lot of writers leave breath out.  And it’s so important; it’s the most intimate part of a kiss.  Someone else is breathing into your lungs, and it’s either heaven or it’s hell.
11. voice- Voice conveys much, even without words.  A voice can groan, whimper, gasp, moan, catch, whine, scream, sigh.  Voice can convey emotion powerfully, and while some kisses are silent, usually they’re not. 
12. emotion-  Emotion is the most important- and the thing you try not to say.  You want to describe it, through all of the things above, so that it’s perfectly clear what your characters are feeling, without you ever using the “feelings words”.  If they’re in love, their bodies will lean close, their eyes will smile, their voices will giggle softly.  If they’re nervous, their palms will sweat, their noses will bump, their voices will shudder.  If they’re afraid, their muscles will be tense, their faces will grimace, their lips will not open.  Emotion is the color that you keep inside your mind as you write; it’s the base line that drives the description behind everything else you say.

Wow, that was a lot!  Gosh I hope it wasn’t too much!  Keep in mind not every kiss has all these things- this is just a list of things to consider when writing a kiss, and based on how long of a kiss you want to make.  Keep in mind that typing “they kissed for a long time”…that’s six words, it takes half a second to read, so that’s a short kiss!  If you want a long kiss, you need long sentences that make the reader linger. 

How do you portray someone with low self-esteem

What many people seem to forget- or not even realise- is that normally, if someone has extremely low self esteem, they are more likely to sleep around. After looking into it, my first thoughts are that it’s actually quite hard to believe that, if someone has low self-esteem, they would want to show themselves off, naked, and be more sexually active. Then, if you look at it from different perspectives, it makes perfect sense. To make you feel better about yourself, you want people to compliment you, to make it seem like they love you. Different lovers and partners and other people who can make you feel good about yourself. So my first pointer (after a lot of rambling) would be to make them a little bit flirty. Wanting to have sex. Not for the actual sex, just because there’s a small possibility that they may feel better about themselves.

Another pointer, would be to make them cautious. Make them look around at their surroundings differently- think about what they’d do if they looked at themselves in the mirror- really dig deep into your character and how they feel. Possibly write out some of their thoughts, how they move, how they believe the world sees them. Another way to do this would be to write different drabbles… just short pieces of writing that help you delve into the character’s mindset. How they feel about their body, picking out nitty gritty imperfections that may affect how they act.

Once, I portrayed a character with body dysmorphia. A male character, and everywhere he went, he would be so self-absorbed, articulately making sure his hair looked okay, making sure he just looked okay-ish. Maybe, another way of looking at self-esteem would be to make them seem extremely selfish. Isolated from the main cliques, almost reclusive and shy. Shyness is always a way to play key characters out but, unless it’s executed well, it looks shabby and misleading.

Whenever the character is complimented, make them quickly shrug it off, change the subject. Or make them blush. If you want it to be a secret- they don’t want anyone to know how shy or bad they feel about their looks & personality, then think of things that could quickly change the conversation’s wavelength. If it’s not so secret, then just have them reply like “Oh, I don’t know… you on the other hand…” as that still shows the conversation change, but also a backhanded compliment toward the other character.

In short, there are several ways to portray a character with low self-esteem, I hope this give you an overall understanding

Words, Words, Words | Instead of Whispered

Instead of whispered, consider:

• murmured: A soft, indistinct sound made by a person or group of people speaking quietly or at a distance: “Don’t go,” he murmured, grabbing her hand as she turned to leave.
• mumbled: Say something indistinctly and quietly, making it difficult for others to hear:“Thanks a lot,” he mumbledsarcastically.
• muttered: Say something in a low or barely audible voice, esp. in dissatisfaction or irritation: She muttered to herself all the way down the hall, reciting all her usual complaints.
• breathed: Say something in a quiet voice or whisper: “I love you,” she breathed, her eyes full of tears.
• sighed: Emit a long, deep, audible breath expressing sadness, relief, or tiredness; say something in a low or barely audible voice, esp. in sadness or irritation; to say exasperatedly, or all in one breath: “Right,” he sighed. “Well, just don’t do anything too stupid.”
• hissed: To utter with a hiss, esp. in instances that include one or more sharp sibilant sounds, as of the letter s: “Just stop,” she hissed, her grip on Lisa’s arm tightening.
• mouthed: To form (a word, sound, etc.) with the lips without actually making an utterance: “The baby’s asleep,” she mouthed, leading her parents back into the living room.
• uttered: To give audible expression to; speak or pronounce:He uttered a string of barely audible insults.
• intoned: Say or recite with little rise and fall of the pitch of the voice: “I’m not going anywhere,” she intoned. He could tell she was exhausted by the pitchless quality of her voice.
• susurrated: (susurration) The indistinct sound of people whispering: The room hummed with the soft susurrus of conversation.
• purred: To utter a low, continuous, murmuring sound expressive of contentment or pleasure, as a cat does: “I know you want me,” she purred into his neck, trailing kisses across his collar bone.
• said in an undertone: To speak in a low or subdued tone: “Not now, Jessee,” he said in an undertone.
• gasped: Say (something) while catching one’s breath, esp. as a result of strong emotion: She could hardly gasp out an apology.
• said low: (slang) Say something in a quiet voice or whisper:“Plants are more like us than you think,” he said low, as if he spoke to the lilies themselves.
• said into [someone’s] ear: Say something in a quiet voice or whisper, esp. near the listener’s ear, in such a way that only they may hear: “Meet me in the parlor,” he said into Jane’sear, and her heart betrayed her with a flutter of excitement.
• said softly: Say something in a quiet voice or whisper: “I’m here now,” Usula said softly, brushing a lock of hair from her cheek.
• said under [one’s] breath: (idiom) Say something in a muted voice or whisper: “Over my dead body,” Jacob said under hisbreath.
• said in a hushed tone/in hushed tones: (idiom) Say something  in a softened tone, or in a quiet voice or whisper: “Will he make it, Doctor?” Kendra asked in a hushed tone.

Words, Words, Words | Facial Expressions

1. Absent: preoccupied
2. Agonized: as if in pain or tormented
3. Alluring: attractive, in the sense of arousing desire
4. Appealing: attractive, in the sense of encouraging goodwill and/or interest
5. Beatific: see blissful
6. Bilious: ill-natured
7. Black: angry or sad, or see hostile
8. Bleak: see grim and hopeless
9. Blinking: surprise, or lack of concern
10. Blissful: showing a state of happiness or divine contentment
11. Blithe: carefree, lighthearted, or heedlessly indifferent
12. Brooding: see anxious and gloomy
13. Bug eyed: frightened or surprised
14. Chagrined: humiliated or disappointed
15. Cheeky: cocky, insolent
16. Cheerless: sad
17. Choleric: hot-tempered, irate
18. Coy: flirtily playful, or evasive
19. Crestfallen: see despondent
20. Darkly: with depressed or malevolent feelings
21. Deadpan: expressionless, to conceal emotion or heighten humor
22. Dejected: see despondent
23. Derisive: see sardonic
24. Despondent: depressed or discouraged
25. Doleful: sad or afflicted
26. Dour: stern or obstinate; see also despondent
27. Downcast: see despondent
28. Dreamy: distracted by daydreaming or fantasizing
29. Ecstatic: delighted or entranced
30. Etched: see fixed
31. Faint: cowardly, weak, or barely perceptible
32. Fixed: concentrated or immobile
33. Furtive: stealthy
34. Gazing: staring intently
35. Glancing: staring briefly as if curious but evasive
36. Glaring: see hostile
37. Glazed: expressionless due to fatigue or confusion
38. Gloomy: see despondent and sullen
39. Glowering: annoyed or angry
40. Glowing: see radiant
41. Grim: see despondent; also, fatalistic or pessimistic
42. Grave: serious, expressing emotion due to loss or sadness
43. Haunted: frightened, worried, or guilty
44. Hopeless: depressed by a lack of encouragement or optimism
45. Hostile: aggressively angry, intimidating, or resistant
46. Hunted: tense as if worried about pursuit
47. Impassive: see deadpan
48. Inscrutable: mysterious, unreadable
49. Jeering: insulting or mocking
50. Languid: lazy or weak
51. Leering: see meaningful; also, sexually suggestive
52. Meaningful: to convey an implicit connotation or shared secret
53. Mild: easygoing
54. Mischievous: annoyingly or maliciously playful
55. Moody: see sullen
56. Pained: affected with discomfort or pain
57. Pallid: see wan
58. Peering: with curiosity or suspicion
59. Peeved: annoyed
60. Petulant: see cheeky and peeved
61. Pitying: sympathetic
62. Pleading: seeking apology or assistance
63. Pouting: see sullen
64. Quizzical: questioning or confused
65. Radiant: bright, happy
66. Roguish: see mischievous
67. Sanguine: bloodthirsty, confident
68. Sardonic: mocking
69. Scornful: contemptuous or mocking
70. Scowling: displeased or threatening
71. Searching: curious or suspicious
72. Set: see fixed
73. Shamefaced: ashamed or bashful
74. Slack-jawed: dumbfounded or surprised
75. Sly: cunning; see also furtive and mischievous
76. Snarling: surly
77. Sneering: see scornful
78. Somber: see grave
79. Sour: unpleasant
80. Stolid: inexpressive
81. Straight-faced: see deadpan
82. Sulky: see sullen
83. Sullen: resentful
84. Taunting: see jeering
85. Taut: high-strung
86. Tense: see taut
87. Tight: see pained and taut
88. Unblinking: see fixed
89. Vacant: blank or stupid looking
90. Veiled: see inscrutable
91. Wan: pale, sickly; see also faint
92. Wary: cautious or cunning
93. Wide eyed: frightened or surprised
94. Wild eyed: excited, frightened, or stressful
95. Wistful: yearning or sadly thoughtful
96. Withering: devastating; see also wrathful
97. Woeful: full of grief or lamentation
98. Wolfish: see leering and mischievous
99. Wrathful: indignant or vengeful
100. Wry: twisted or crooked to express cleverness or a dark or ironic feeling

Words, Words, Words | Instead of Walk

Instead of walk, consider:

• Amble: walk easily and/or aimlessly
• Bounce: walk energetically
• Careen: pitch dangerously to one side while walking or running
• Clump: walk heavily and/or clumsily
• Falter: walk unsteadily
• Flounder: walk with great difficulty
• Foot it: (slang) depart or set off by walking
• Footslog: walk heavily and firmly, as when weary, or through mud
• Gimp: limp; hobble
• Hike: take a long walk, especially in a park or a wilderness area
• Hobble: walk unsteadily or with difficulty; see also limp
• Hoof it: (slang) walk; see foot it
• Leg it: (slang) see foot it
• Limp: walk unsteadily because of injury, especially favoring one leg; see also falter
• Lumber: walk slowly and heavily
• Lurch: walk slowly but with sudden movements, or furtively
• March: walk rhythmically alone or in a group, especially according to a specified procedure
• Meander: walk or move aimlessly and idly without fixed direction
• Mince: walk delicately
• Mosey: see amble; also, used colloquially in the phrase “mosey along”
• Nip: walk briskly or lightly; also used colloquially in the phrase “nip (on) over” to refer to a brief walk to a certain destination, as if on an errand
• Pace: walk precisely to mark off a distance, or walk intently or nervously, especially back and forth
• Pad: walk with steady steps making a soft dull sound
• Parade: walk ostentatiously, as if to show off
• Perambulate: see stroll; travel on foot, or walk to inspect or measure a boundary
• Peregrinate: walk, especially to travel
• Plod: walk slowly and heavily, as if reluctant or weary
• Pound: walk or go with heavy steps; move along with force or vigor; see lumber
• Power walk: walk briskly for fitness
• Prance: walk joyfully, as if dancing or skipping
• Promenade: go on a leisurely walk, especially in a public place as a social activity; see parade
• Prowl: walk noiselessly and carefully in a predatory manner
• Pussyfoot: walk stealthily or warily
• Ramble: walk or travel aimlessly
• Roam: go without fixed direction and without any particular destination, often for pleasure; see ramble
• Rove: travel constantly over a relatively lengthy time period without a fixed destination; wander
• Sashay: glide, move, or proceed easily or nonchalantly; seeparade
• Saunter: walk about easily
• Scuff: walk without lifting one’s feet
• Shamble: walk or go awkwardly; shuffle; see scuff
• Shuffle: walk without lifting the feet or with clumsy steps and a shambling gait; see scuff
• Skulk: move in a stealthy or furtive manner
• Somnambulate: walk in one’s sleep
• Stagger: walk unsteadily
• Stalk: walk stealthily, as in pursuit
• Step: walk, or place one’s foot or feet in a new position
• Stomp: walk heavily, as if in anger
• Stride: walk purposefully, with long steps
• Stroll: walk in a leisurely way; see saunter
• Strut: walk with a stiff, erect, and apparently arrogant or conceited gait; see parade
• Stumble: walk clumsily or unsteadily, or trip
• Stump: walk heavily, as with a limp; see lumber
• Swagger: walk with aggressive self-confidence
• Tiptoe: walk carefully on the toes or on the balls of the foot, as if in stealth
• Toddle: move with short, unsteady steps, as a young child; seesaunter and stagger
• Totter: walk or go with faltering steps, as if from extreme weakness; see stagger (also, sway or become unstable)
• Traipse: walk lightly and/or aimlessly
• Tramp: walk heavily or noisily; see lumber and hike
• Trample: walk so as to crush something underfoot
• Traverse: walk across or over a distance
• Tread: walk slowly and steadily
• Trip: walk lightly; see also stumble
• Tromp: tread heavily, especially to crush underfoot; see lumber
• Troop: walk in unison, or collectively
• Trot: proceed at a pace faster than a walk; see nip
• Trudge: walk slowly and with heavy steps, typically because of exhaustion or harsh conditions; see plod
• Waddle: walk clumsily or as if burdened, swinging the body
• Wade: walk through water or with difficulty, as if impeded
• Wander: to move from place to place without a fixed route; seeramble