Locomotion \Lo`co*mo"tion\, n. [L. locus place + motio motion: cf. F. locomotion. See {Local}, and {Motion}.] 1. The act of moving from place to place. `` Animal locomotion.'' --Milton.
2. The power of moving from place to place, characteristic of the higher animals and some of the lower forms of plant life.
3. The name of a song and a dance, briefly popular in the 1960's; as, do the locomotion. [PJC]
Science has solved another of life's mysteries: Groucho Marx's peculiar mode of locomotion.
Bobbo leaves her literally in the lurch, since lurching is Ruth's main mode of locomotion when the story begins.