knucklewalk

Etymology

From knuckle + walk.

knucklewalk means To walk quadrupedally with the forelimbs holding the fingers in a partially flexed posture that allows body weight to press down on the ground through the knuckles. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 88 out of 100.

verb

To walk quadrupedally with the forelimbs holding the fingers in a partially flexed posture that allows body weight to press down on the ground through the knuckles.“Chimpanzees and gorillas knucklewalk.”