racewalking

See also: race walking

English

Etymology

race +‎ walking

Pronunciation

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Noun

racewalking (uncountable)

1. (sports) A sport in which people try to walk as fast as possible, subject to the constraint that at least one foot must be on the ground at all time (or else they would be running).

Synonyms

• speedwalking

Translations

sport in which people try to walk as fast as possible

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 競走／竞走 (zh) (jìngzǒu)

• Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: kävely (fi), kilpakävely (fi)
• French: marche athlétique (fr) f
• German: Gehen (de) n
• Italian: marcia (it) f
• Japanese: please add this translation if you can
• Polish: chód sportowy (pl) m
• Portuguese: marcha atlética f
• Russian: спорти́вная ходьба́ f (sportívnaja xodʹbá)
• Spanish: marcha atlética f
• Swedish: gång (sv) c

Verb

racewalking

1. present participle and gerund of racewalk