different between walking vs floozie

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?w??k??/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?w?k??/
• (cot–caught merger) IPA^(key): /?w?k??/
• Rhymes: -??k??
• Hyphenation: walk?ing

Etymology 1

From Middle English walkynge, walkinge, walkinde, walkende, walkand, walkande, from Old English wealcende (attested as Old English wealcendes), from Proto-Germanic *walkandz, present participle of Proto-Germanic *walkan? (“to roll, trample, walk”), equivalent to walk +? -ing.

Verb

walking

1. present participle of walk

Adjective

walking (not comparable)

1. Incarnate as a human; living.

   Elizabeth knows so many words that they call her the walking dictionary.

   Phil's mother is a walking miracle after surviving that accident.

2. Able to walk in spite of injury or sickness.
3. Characterized by or suitable for walking.

   a walking tour

   good walking shoes

Derived terms

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Etymology 2

From Middle English walkyng, walkinge, equivalent to walk +? -ing.

Noun

walking (countable and uncountable, plural walkings)

1. gerund of walk.
   • 1878, Anthony Trollope, Ayala's Angel

     Mrs Dosett, aware that daintiness was no longer within the reach of her and hers, did assent to these walkings in Kensington Gardens.

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See also

• shanks' mare
• shanks' pony

English

Alternative forms

• floozy, floosy, floosie, floogy

Etymology

Corruption of flossy in the sense of showy.

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /?flu?.zi/
• Rhymes: -u?zi

Noun

floozie (plural floozies)

1. A vulgar or sexually promiscuous woman; a hussy or slattern.
   • 1975, Saul Bellow, Humboldt's Gift [Avon ed., 1976, p. 418]:

     Now I was a forsaken codger snuffling disgracefully from a beautiful floozy's abuse.

2. A prostitute who attracts customers by walking the streets.

Synonyms

• see Thesaurus:promiscuous woman

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