List of action and motion words

lan Swimming is a way of moving when you are in the water, using your arms and legs to push you forwards. There are many different ways of swimming, with names like breaststroke, freestyle, butterfly and the one that most children start with - dog paddle!
You can use the word swim as a noun, as in "I am going for a swim".

You tickle someone by poking them or running something like your fingers or a feather over their skin. Tickling feels funny and makes you laugh and squirm.

It is almost impossible to tickle yourself. Children tend to be much more ticklish than adults. People are usually ticklish under their feet and on their ribs.

A trot is a gait of a horse where its legs move in opposite pairs. A trot is faster than a walk but slower than a canter or gallop. Other animals and people that run in a similar way to the way a horse trots are also said to be trotting.

Wading is walking through water. Usually you wade through shallow water that is less than waist deep. Any deeper and it would be easier to swim.

Waiting is passing time until something happens. You often have to wait at a doctor's surgery, and sometimes you need to wait in a queue for something. People usually sit and read or just do nothing at all when they are waiting.

You wash something when it is dirty by rubbing it with soap and water until it is clean. Washing removes dirt, oil, grease and other stains from something that is dirty.

You wink when you briefly close one eye. If you wink at someone, it can mean that you like them in a sexual way. Men are most likely to wink at women.
Winking at someone after you say something usually means you have some kind of hidden meaning in what you say, and that you are being somehow sneaky, misleading, or you were joking.

You wring something wet out if you twist it hard to get as much of the liquid out of it as possible.