ROGET'S THESAURUS OF ENGLISH WORDS AND PHRASES ...

V. move slowly &c adv.; creep, crawl, lag, slug, drawl, linger, loiter, saunter; plod,
trudge, stump along, lumber; trail, drag; dawdle &c (be inactive) 683; grovel, worm one's
way, steal along; job on, rub on, bundle on; toddle, waddle, wabble † , slug, traipse, slouch,
shuffle, halt, hobble, limp, caludicate † , shamble; flag, falter, trotter, stagger; mince, step
short; march in slow time, march in funeral procession; take one's time; hang fire &c (be
late) 133.
retard, relax; slacken, check, moderate, rein in, curb; reef; strike sail, shorten sail, take
in sail; put on the drag, apply the brake; clip the wings; reduce the speed; slacken speed,
slacken one's pace; lose ground.
Adj. slow, slack; tardy; dilatory &c (inactive) 683; gentle, easy; leisurely; deliberate,
gradual; insensible, imperceptible; glacial, languid, sluggish, slow paced, tardigrade † ,
snail-like; creeping &c v.; reptatorial † .
Adv. slowly &c adj.; leisurely; piano, adagio; largo, larghetto; at half speed, under easy
sail; at a foots pace, at a snail's pace, at a funeral pace; in slow time, with mincing steps,
with clipped wings; haud passibus aequis [Lat.] [Vergil].
gradually &c adj.; gradatim [Lat.]; by degrees, by slow degrees, by inches, by little
and little; step by step, one step at a time; inch by inch, bit by bit, little by little, seriatim;
consecutively.
Phr. dum Roma deliberat Saguntum perit [Lat.]; at a glacial pace.
3. MOTION CONJOINED WITH FORCE
276. Impulse -- N. impulse, impulsion, impetus; momentum; push, pulsion † , thrust,
shove, jog, jolt, brunt, booming, boost [U.S.], throw; explosion &c (violence) 173;
propulsion &c 284.
percussion, concussion, collision, occursion † , clash, encounter, cannon, carambole † ,
appulse † , shock, crash, bump; impact; elan; charge &c (attack) 716; beating &c
(punishment) 972.
blow, dint, stroke, knock, tap, rap, slap, smack, pat, dab; fillip; slam, bang; hit, whack,
thwack; cuff &c 972; squash, dowse, swap, whap † , punch, thump, pelt, kick, punce † ,
calcitration † ; ruade † ; arietation † ; cut, thrust, lunge, yerk † ; carom, carrom † , clip [Slang],
jab, plug [Slang], sidewinder [U.S.], sidewipe † , sideswipe [U.S.].
hammer, sledge hammer, mall, maul, mallet, flail; ram, rammer † ; battering ram,
monkey, pile-driving engine, punch, bat; cant hook; cudgel &c (weapon) 727; ax &c
(sharp) 253.
[Science of mechanical forces] dynamics; seismometer, accelerometer, earthquake
detector.
V. give an impetus &c n.; impel, push; start, give a start to, set going; drive, urge, boom;
thrust, prod, foin [Fr.]; cant; elbow, shoulder, jostle, justle † , hustle, hurtle, shove, jog,
jolt, encounter; run against, bump against, butt against; knock one's head against, run
one's head against; impinge; boost [U.S.]; bunt, carom, clip y; fan, fan out; jab, plug
[Slang].
strike, knock, hit, tap, rap, slap, flap, dab, pat, thump, beat, blow, bang, slam, dash;
punch, thwack, whack; hit hard, strike hard; swap, batter, dowse † , baste; pelt, patter,
buffet, belabor; fetch one a blow; poke at, pink, lunge, yerk † ; kick, calcitrate † ; butt, strike
at &c (attack) 716; whip &c (punish) 972.