power-walk

See also: powerwalk and power walk

English

Verb

power-walk (third-person singular simple present power-walks, present participle power-walking, simple past and past participle power-walked)

1. Alternative form of power walk
   • 2022 September 22, HarryBlank, “Mind Over Matter”, in SCP Foundation‎^[1], archived from the original on 23 May 2024:

     Nhung Ngo had the shortest legs at Site-43. She was the shortest member of staff, two inches beneath the positively elfin Delfina Ibanez, and yet Lillian found her inexplicably difficult to shake. Power-walking down the halls didn't do the trick, as it always did when Wettle-dodging, since the diminutive headshrink kept disappearing into commissaries or service corridors or even other people's offices and emerging, smiling, in front of her.

   • 2022 December 15, Samanth Subramanian, “Dismantling Sellafield: the epic task of shutting down a nuclear site”, in The Guardian‎^[2]:

     A pipe on the outside of a building had cracked, and staff had planted 10ft-tall sheets of lead into the ground around it to shield people from the radiation. It was perfectly safe, my guide assured me. We power-walked past nonetheless.