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出典:『Wiktionary』 (2025/06/06 15:18 UTC 版)
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".
slow-walk (third-person singular simple present slow-walks, present participle slow-walking, simple past and past participle slow-walked)
Attested since 1962 in Southern (North and South Carolina) dialects of American English; of unknown origin.
slow-walk (third-person singular simple present slow-walks, present participle slow-walking, simple past and past participle slow-walked)