shuffling gait
Feet barely lifting
A shuffling gait is a way of walking in which the feet slide along the ground rather than lifting fully with each step.
It often indicates age, fatigue, illness, or neurological conditions like Parkinson's disease: He recognized his grandfather's shuffling gait before he even turned around.
The phrase appears frequently in medical contexts but also in general description of weary or dispirited movement.
- shamblingAwkward, unsteady walking
- limpingUneven gait from injury
- draggingPulling with effort
- scuffingSurface abrasion from friction
- trudgingWalking with difficulty
hobbling · plodding · slippers · bedroom slippers · elderly · old age · fatigue · dead tired · Parkinson's · loss of balance · unsteady · slow · feet · flat feet · worn · tired · hesitant · labored
- gait problemslimp, limping, hobble, hobbling, shuffling
- movement disorderstremor, dystonia, chorea, tremors, bradykinesia
- dementiamemory loss, Alzheimer's, forgetfulness, cognitive decline, memory impairment
shuffling gaitbrisk walk
Fast-paced ambulation
stride · striding · prancing · quick step · galloping
shuffle, shuffled, shuffles, reshuffling, reshuffle, gait, gaits, gaited