walker
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9.1
- noun
- /ˈwɔːkər/
- Literature
- This place is crawling with walkers!
- kill a walker
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Watch on YouTubeAnd once it hits zero, the bell tower rings, and then all the walkers start swarming.
- And once it hits zero, the bell tower rings, and then all the walkers start swarming.
- My Lord, the White Walkers are at the wall dead ass.
- Like Joffrey comes back as a White Walker and sits on the throne for the rest of like eternity as like evil King Joffrey the dead.
- Let's fucking respect you guys are the White walkers.
Examples
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The moment Rick dies from a walker in this coma-induced dream, he actually dies in the hospital bed.
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The guard they took the keys off was dead, but wasn't a walker. How long do they last for?
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So he could have been a walker for a short time before he was shot in the head.
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Carol turns into a walker?
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And the only reason they could walk out when they did was that the walkers moved on at that point.
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Yeah, but every town is full of walkers.
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The town's full of walkers.
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Will they go to another cell block and will she be in there with a herd of walkers?
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There's plenty of supplies, but a lot of walkers.
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In the abandoned city, survivors learned to avoid walkers lurking around every corner.
Synonyms
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5.0
A dead body brought back to life by magic, often in stories
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7.6
A creature that died but comes back to life like a zombie or vampire
Antonyms
Compounds
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6.5
A type of horse with a smooth, fast walk that can travel long distances for riding and shows
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7.9
A person who walks barefoot over hot coals to show courage or take part in a ritual
- Specialized
A stopper knot where you twist several rope strands together to stop a rope from fraying
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A knot tied at the end of a rope to stop the end passing through an opening
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Walker is a modern name formed from walk ('to move on foot') plus -er ('one who'). A helpful way to remember the zombie meaning is that TV shows called slow, moving undead 'walkers' because they keep walking even when they are not alive.