gaited adjective gait·ed \ ˈgā-təd \ Trending Now: More Trending: noel ballistic surrogacy gentrification, gentrify veteran, Veterans Day SEE ALL See What's Trending Now See More Trending Words What's Trending Now More Trending Words noel 'a Christmas carol' ballistic What makes a missile ballistic? surrogacy acting as a surrogate mother gentrification, gentrify the influx of affluent people that often displaces poorer residents veteran, Veterans Day "a former member of the armed forces" SEE ALL Time Traveler! Explore the year a word first appeared Definition of gaited : having a particular gait or so many gaits slow-gaited a 3-gaited horse NEW! Time Traveler First Known Use: 1588 See Words from the same year From the M-W Editors It's a Living: Last Names That Started as Jobs Words of the Year: 1066 'Wreck' and 'Reckless': Accidents Happen Intact Latin Quiz Origin and Etymology of gaited 1gait + 1-ed NEW! Time Traveler First Known Use: 1588 See Words from the same year Learn More about gaited See words that rhyme with gaited Seen and Heard What made you want to look up gaited? Please tell us where you read or heard it (including the quote, if possible). show hide