brachiate

Other forms: brachiating

Definitions of brachiate
  1. adjective
    having arms or armlike appendages
    synonyms:
    armed
    having arms or arms as specified; used especially in combination
  2. adjective
    having widely spreading paired branches
    “maples are brachiate”
    synonyms:
    branchy
    having many branches
Definitions of brachiate
  1. verb
    swing from one hold to the next
    “the monkeys brachiate”
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    type of:
    sway, swing
    move or walk in a swinging or swaying manner
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