Definition of LOCOMOTION

locomotion

Plural: locomotions

Noun

  • the power or ability to move
  • self-propelled movement
  • The ability to move from place to place, or the act of doing so.
  • Self-powered motion by which a whole organism changes its location through walking, running, jumping, crawling, swimming, brachiating or flying.
  • A dance, originally popular in the 1960s, in which the arms are used to mimic the motion of the connecting rods of a steam locomotive.

Origin / Etymology

From French locomotion, from Latin locō (literally “from a place”) (ablative of locus (“place”)) + mōtiōnem (“motion, a moving”) (nominative mōtio), from Latin movēre (“move; change, exchange, go in or out, quit”), from Proto-Indo-European *m(y)ewh₁- (“to move, drive”).

Synonyms

motive power, motivity, travel

Scrabble Score: 14

locomotion: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
locomotion: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
locomotion: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 18

locomotion: valid Words With Friends Word