Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to slow-walk
Participle: slow-walked
Gerund: slow-walking
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | slow-walk |
| you | slow-walk |
| he;she;it | slow-walks |
| we | slow-walk |
| you | slow-walk |
| they | slow-walk |
Perfect
| I | have slow-walked |
| you | have slow-walked |
| he;she;it | has slow-walked |
| we | have slow-walked |
| you | have slow-walked |
| they | have slow-walked |
Past
| I | slow-walked |
| you | slow-walked |
| he;she;it | slow-walked |
| we | slow-walked |
| you | slow-walked |
| they | slow-walked |
Pluperfect
| I | had slow-walked |
| you | had slow-walked |
| he;she;it | had slow-walked |
| we | had slow-walked |
| you | had slow-walked |
| they | had slow-walked |
Future
| I | will slow-walk |
| you | will slow-walk |
| he;she;it | will slow-walk |
| we | will slow-walk |
| you | will slow-walk |
| they | will slow-walk |
Future Perfect
| I | will have slow-walked |
| you | will have slow-walked |
| he;she;it | will have slow-walked |
| we | will have slow-walked |
| you | will have slow-walked |
| they | will have slow-walked |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | slow-walk |
| you | slow-walk |
| he;she;it | slow-walk |
| we | slow-walk |
| you | slow-walk |
| they | slow-walk |
Perfect
| I | have slow-walked |
| you | have slow-walked |
| he;she;it | have slow-walked |
| we | have slow-walked |
| you | have slow-walked |
| they | have slow-walked |
Imperfect
| I | slow-walked |
| you | slow-walked |
| he;she;it | slow-walked |
| we | slow-walked |
| you | slow-walked |
| they | slow-walked |
Pluperfect
| I | had slow-walked |
| you | had slow-walked |
| he;she;it | had slow-walked |
| we | had slow-walked |
| you | had slow-walked |
| they | had slow-walked |
Conditional
Present
| I | would slow-walk |
| you | would slow-walk |
| he;she;it | would slow-walk |
| we | would slow-walk |
| you | would slow-walk |
| they | would slow-walk |
Perfect
| I | would have slow-walked |
| you | would have slow-walked |
| he;she;it | would have slow-walked |
| we | would have slow-walked |
| you | would have slow-walked |
| they | would have slow-walked |
Imperative
| you | slow-walk |
| we | Let's slow-walk |
| you | slow-walk |
Verbs conjugated like 'slow-walk'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'slow-walk'
blow-wave,
frog-walk,
slow-cook,
slowball,
crosswalk,
forewalk,
forwalk,
hotwalk,
lowball,
moonwalk,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
Attested since 1973 in Southern dialects of American English; prominent since the late 1990s. Thought by William Safire to derive from a Tennessee term for the walking gait of the Tennessee Walking Horse, which is generally called "flat walk", but sometimes a "slow walk".
Sample Sentences
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many of the men were simply standing around and were purposely ‘slow-walking’ the project […] to stretch out the term of employment. [1973, testimony in United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit case (regarding labor dispute)]
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Since assuming office, Trump has issued many private demands to aides that have either been slow-walked or altogether ignored. [2019 May 15, Elaina Plott, “Ignoring Trump’s Orders, Hoping He’ll Forget”, in The Atlantic:]
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Mr. Pulte argued that Mr. Siebert was slow-walking the James case in order to get confirmed by the Senate for a job in a state with two Democratic senators, according to people briefed on the conversation. [2025 September 27, “Inside the Trump Administration’s Push to Prosecute James Comey”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC:]