Walkalong
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Walkalong is a noun meaning (sociology) A type of interview in which the interviewer and subject walk together while talking.
Meaning
(sociology) A type of interview in which the interviewer and subject walk together while talking.
More Meanings
- A police detail or other group that walks with someone.
- A small forklift used for pallets.
- A dandy-horse, a 19th-century precursor of the bicycle.
Example Sentences
They were called walkalongs, dandy horses, hobby-horses, or Draisines.
The method of walkalongs, first described by Margarethe Kusenbach (2003), combines interview and observation.
All fork lift trucks, platform trucks, walkalongs, cranes, and four-wheeled trucks should be checked for capacities.
In the period before, when Martin Luther King was here walking through the different neighborhoods, I was in the walkalongs, the police protection, on the north side and on the south side.
Word Forms
- walkalongs
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include walk, speedwalk, run-walk, autowalk, step, steps.
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