shifting weight
Moving mass around
Shifting weight is redistributing bodily mass from one position to another, typically from one foot to the other while standing.
The phrase often signals discomfort, impatience, or nervousness: She kept shifting weight from foot to foot during the interview.
In athletics and dance, shifting weight is a deliberate technique for balance and momentum.
- balanceSteadiness or amount owed
- center of gravityEquilibrium point of mass
- leaningTendency toward something
- swayingRhythmic lateral movement
- momentumProduct of mass, velocity
transfer · rocking · sea legs · stance · footing · pivot · redistribution · center · gravity · tipping · adjusting · posture · load · load bearing · pressure · unstable · wobbling · body
- balanceequilibrium, balancing, harmony, stability, symmetry
- body languagegestures, facial expressions, hand gestures, posture, nodding
- Body Movementwalking, running, jumping, bending, stretching
- body movementsflexion, bend, twist, standing, extension
shifting weightstanding still
Absence of motion
planted · rooted · stationary · motionless · stable footing
shifting weightholding ground
Maintaining position under pressure
unwavering · resolute · steadfast · settled · decided
shifting weightrelaxed posture
Unstrained body positioning
settled · at rest · comfortable · untroubled · serene
shift, shifts, shifted, shifter, shifters, shiftless, shiftlessness, shiftiness, shifty