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Can you think of any verbs beginning with 's' that mean some sort of motion?

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Posted - December 31, 2019

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  • 1305
    Intransitive verbs - Saunter, stroll, spin. 
      December 31, 2019 10:39 AM MST
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  • 19937
    Strip
    Skate

      December 31, 2019 11:38 AM MST
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  • 13395
    Stalk shoot smother smoke sleep spam slither scatter 
      December 31, 2019 12:25 PM MST
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  • 46117
    I'll give you an adverb.  SERIOUSLY? 
      December 31, 2019 12:39 PM MST
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  • 44660
    YES. Just answer the trumping question, dip-trump.
      December 31, 2019 1:39 PM MST
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  • 46117
    Yes sir.  I don't know what you said and what that means.

    But, okay.  

    Verbs that start with s that are moving .  SHI+
      December 31, 2019 2:16 PM MST
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  • 44660
    I no longer use standard profanity. I substitute the word 'trump' It enables me to curse and not violate TOS. I can tell someone 'Go trump yourself.'
      December 31, 2019 2:45 PM MST
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  • 6988
    Slidejob. This is some kind of auto racing jargon. It is also the name used by racer Danica Patrick for her estate.
      December 31, 2019 2:12 PM MST
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  • 46117
    Danica Patrick has a noun for her estate.  A noun is a name word.  

    I'll let the sllidejob slide though.  That sounds verbal.  
      December 31, 2019 2:30 PM MST
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  • 17620
    swim
    strut
    slink
    speed
    scream
    swing
    slice
    serenade 
    sing
    strike
    slap
    sand
    solder
    set


      December 31, 2019 3:37 PM MST
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  • 53531
    sag
    scamper
    segue
    shoot
    sift
    skip
    smite
    snicker
    sop
    spill
    squeeze
    stuff
    surge
    swig


    (Wait, ALL verbs mean motion or some sort of motion; it's IN the definition of what verbs are! Action words.)


    ~ This post was edited by Randy D at January 1, 2020 6:58 AM MST
      January 1, 2020 12:27 AM MST
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  • 44660
    Sleep?
      January 1, 2020 6:58 AM MST
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  • 17620
    Think is a verb but not a motion verb.
    Have is a verb.  Possess is a verb.  No action.  There are lots of them
      January 1, 2020 2:19 PM MST
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  • 44660
    Tell that to Randolph.
      January 1, 2020 3:14 PM MST
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  • 53531


      Sigh.  To think is an act, to have is an act, to possess is an act, therefore, they denote action, ergo, are verbs of action.

    Examples:  "What are you thinking?"  "I thought about it before typing it." "Synapses fire when you think." "Waitress, I'll have the watercress salad, please."  "She has the papers in her hands." "He was possessed by the demon."  
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      January 1, 2020 9:07 PM MST
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  • 17620
    The OP asked about motion verbs.  
      January 1, 2020 9:48 PM MST
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  • 53531
    They are motions.

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      January 1, 2020 9:52 PM MST
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  • 17620
    No they aren't.  To be  is not an action but be is the verb there.

    Remember linking verbs vs action verbs? This post was edited by Thriftymaid at January 2, 2020 5:42 AM MST
      January 1, 2020 10:09 PM MST
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  • 53531
    You and I may continue to argue on this ad nauseam without either of us changing his or her stance, so it’s probably better to agree to disagree. 
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      January 2, 2020 5:39 AM MST
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  • 53531

      To sleep is an act, therefore, it denotes action, ergo, is a verb.
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      January 1, 2020 7:46 PM MST
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  • 44660
    I said 'MOTION'. How difficult is that? slither, saunter, scoot, scamper...GRRRRR.
      January 1, 2020 7:59 PM MST
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  • 53531


      No need to shout.  All of the verbs I posted can be motions, and I challenge anyone to show a viable example of how they cannot be.
      Think broadly, not narrowly.

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      January 1, 2020 9:09 PM MST
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  • SKEDADDLE

    [skəˈdadl]
     
    VERB
    informal

    1) depart quickly or hurriedly; run away.


      January 1, 2020 10:06 PM MST
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  • 53531
      You’re still here?  Get off my lawn, Kid, and do it NOW!  Grrrrrr. 
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      January 2, 2020 5:42 AM MST
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