Walk, plod, trudge, tread, stride, stalk, strut, tramp, march, pace, toddle, waddle, shuffle, mince, stroll, saunter, ramble, meander, promenade, prowl, hobble, limp, perambulate.

Any one may be said to walk who moves along on foot with moderate speed.  He plods if he walks slowly and heavily, and perhaps monotonously or spiritlessly as well.  He trudges if he walks toilsomely and wearily, as though his feet were heavy.  He treads if his walk is suggestive of a certain lightness and caution—­if, for instance, he seems half-uncertain whether to proceed and sets one foot down carefully before the other.  He strides if he takes long steps, especially in a firm, pompous, or lofty manner.  He stalks if there is a certain stiffness or haughtiness in his walking.  He struts if he walks with a proud or affectedly dignified gait, especially if he also raises his feet high.  He tramps if he goes for a long walk, as for pleasure or enjoyment out-of-doors.  He marches if he walks in a measured, ordered way, especially in company with others.  He paces if he engages in a measured, continuous walk, as from nervousness, impatience, or anger.  He toddles if his steps are short, uneven, and unsteady, like those of a child.  He waddles if his movement is ungainly, with a duck-like swaying from side to side.  He shuffles if he drags his feet with a scraping noise.  He minces if he takes short steps in a prim, precise, or affectedly nice manner.  He strolls or saunters if he goes along in an easy, aimless, or idle fashion.  He rambles if he wanders about, with no definite aim or toward no definite goal.  He meanders if he proceeds slowly and perhaps listlessly in an ever-changing course, as if he were following the windings of the crooked Phrygian river, Meander.  He promenades if he walks in a public place, as for pleasure or display.  He prowls if he moves about softly and stealthily, as in search of prey or booty.  He hobbles if he jerks along unevenly, as from a stiff or crippled condition of body.  He limps if he walks lamely.  He perambulates when he walks through, perhaps for observation or inspection. (Perambulates is of course a learned word.)

Assignment for further discrimination:  sneak, shamble, amble, wander, stamp, slouch, gad, gallivant, glide, hike.