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• move involuntarily, move reflexively go
  move in an uncontrolled manner
  
• quicken go
  show signs of life
  
• stretch, stretch out go
  extend one's body or limbs
  
• click, snap, flick go
  cause to make a snapping sound
  
• flex, bend go
  bend a joint
  
• spread, propagate go
  become distributed or widespread
  
• reach, reach out go
  move forward or upward in order to touch
  
• putter, potter, potter around, putter around go
  move around aimlessly
  
• dance, trip the light fantastic, trip the light fantastic toe go
  move in a pattern
  
• drop back go
  take position in the rear, as in a military formation or in the line of scrimmage in football
  
• hit the dirt, hit the deck go
  fall or drop suddenly, usually to evade some danger
  
• gravitate go
  move due to the pull of gravitation
  
• fly go
  move quickly or suddenly
  
• yield, give, ease up, give way, move over go
  move in order to make room for someone for something
  
• cut to go
  move to another scene when filming
  
• pitch, shift, lurch go
  move abruptly
  
• jolt, jar go
  move or cause to move with a sudden jerky motion
  
• duck go
  to move (the head or body) quickly downwards or away
  
• bob go
  move up and down repeatedly
  
• wallow, welter go
  roll around, "pigs were wallowing in the mud"
  
• twist, wriggle, squirm, wrestle, worm, writhe go
  to move in a twisting or contorted motion, (especially when struggling)
  
• wobble, coggle go
  move unsteadily
  
• sashay, sidle go
  move sideways
  
• sidle go
  move unobtrusively or furtively
  
• sail, sweep go
  move with sweeping, effortless, gliding motions
  
• brush, sweep go
  sweep across or over
  
• waggle, wamble go
  move unsteadily or with a weaving or rolling motion
  
• chop go
  move suddenly
  
• reciprocate go
  alternate the direction of motion of
  
• move back and forth go
  move in one direction and then into the opposite direction
  
• nod go
  sway gently back and forth, as in a nodding motion
  
• beat, quiver, pulsate go
  move with or as if with a regular alternating motion
  
• beat, thump, pound go
  move rhythmically
  
• seesaw, teeter, totter go
  move unsteadily, with a rocking motion
  
• jerk, hitch, buck go
  jump vertically, with legs stiff and back arched
  
• pitch, tilt, cant, slant, cant over go
  heel over
  
• shift, careen, tilt, wobble go
  move sideways or in an unsteady way
  
• churn, boil, moil, roil go
  be agitated
  
• slip, steal go
  move stealthily
  
• shake, agitate go
  move or cause to move back and forth
  
• vibrate go
  shake, quiver, or throb
  
• jerk, twitch go
  move with abrupt, seemingly uncontrolled motions
  
• flip, twitch go
  toss with a sharp movement so as to cause to turn over in the air
  
• click, snap go
  move or strike with a noise
  
• shift, stir, agitate, budge go
  move very slightly
  
• stir, arouse go
  to begin moving, "As the thunder started the sleeping children began to stir"
  
• dance go
  move in a graceful and rhythmical way
  
• trip, stumble go
  miss a step and fall or nearly fall
  
• waver, falter go
  move hesitatingly, as if about to give way
  
• roll, wave, flap, undulate go
  move in a wavy pattern or with a rising and falling motion
  
• mill, mill about, mill around go
  move about in a confused manner
  
• turn go
  change orientation or direction, also in the abstract sense
  
• jump, start, startle go
  move or jump suddenly, as if in surprise or alarm
  
• mope, mope around go
  move around slowly and aimlessly
  
• mount, get on, hop on, mount up, jump on, climb on, bestride go
  get up on the back of
  
• climb go
  move with difficulty, by grasping
  
• strike out go
  make a motion as with one's fist or foot towards an object or away from one's body
  
• jump, leap, spring, bound go
  move forward by leaps and bounds
  
• bolt go
  move or jump suddenly
  
• get down go
  lower (one's body) as by kneeling
  
• strike, take, assume, take up go
  occupy or take on
  
• seesaw go
  move up and down as if on a seesaw
  
• leave, exit, go out, get out go
  move out of or depart from
  
• split, part, separate go
  go one's own way
  
• diverge go
  move or draw apart
  
• list, lean go
  cause to lean to the side
  
• tumble, whirl, whirl around go
  fly around
  
• close, come together go
  come together, as if in an embrace
  
• bustle, hustle, bustle about go
  move or cause to move energetically or busily
  
• fidget go
  move restlessly
  
• dawdle, linger go
  take one's time
  
• wince, flinch, quail, squinch, funk, recoil, shrink, cringe go
  draw back, as with fear or pain
  
• thrust, hurl, lunge, hurtle go
  make a thrusting forward movement
  
• swoop go
  move with a sweep, or in a swooping arc
  
• flux, flow go
  move or progress freely as if in a stream
  
• course, run, flow, feed go
  move along, of liquids
  
• flurry go
  move in an agitated or confused manner
  
• streak go
  move quickly in a straight line
  
• heave go
  move or cause to move in a specified way, direction, or position
  
• crash go
  move with, or as if with, a crashing noise
  
• thunder go
  move fast, noisily, and heavily
  
• snap go
  move with a snapping sound
  
• beat, flap go
  move with a flapping motion
  
• fling go
  move in an abrupt or headlong manner
  
• hop go
  move quickly from one place to another
  
• turn go
  move around an axis or a center
  
• dodge go
  make a sudden movement in a new direction so as to avoid
  
• dodge go
  move to and fro or from place to place usually in an irregular course
  
• throw go
  move violently, energetically, or carelessly
  
• make way go
  get out of the way
  
• dance go
  skip, leap, or move up and down or sideways
  
• grab go
  make a grasping or snatching motion with the hand
  
• cut go
  move (one's fist)
  
• close go
  change one's body stance so that the forward shoulder and foot are closer to the intended point of impact
  
• jump, leap, jump off go
  jump down from an elevated point
  
• slip go
  move easily