motion
• noun 1 the action of moving. 2 a movement or gesture. 3 a piece of moving mechanism. 4 a formal proposal put to a legislature or committee. 5 Brit. an emptying of the bowels. 6 Brit. a piece of excrement. • verb direct (someone) with a gesture. — PHRASES go through the motions do something in a perfunctory way. — DERIVATIVES motional adjective motionless adjective. — ORIGIN from Latin movere ‘to move’.
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