The word for walking back and forth is "pacing."
walking back and forth nervously
put them between your legs rubbing them back and forth
A pendulum swings back and forth on a clock. It regulates the movement of the clock's hands by counting the passage of time in regular intervals.
The wind and sand storms in the desert especially moves and changes them
you put your hands out in front of you and face the back of both your hands away from yourself. then cross both hands and interlock your thumbs. next start flapping your hands back and forth and slowly raise them in the air.
To and fro is another phrase that means back and forth. Back and forth can also refer to a quick dialogue between two people, and another word for that kind of back and forth is repartee.
By rubbing your hands back and forth across your desk, you are converting mechanical energy into thermal energy through friction. This process creates heat as the mechanical energy of your hands moving is transformed into thermal energy due to the resistance between your hands and the desk surface.
I guess it could be bad for some but for most people walking is good for the back.
It moves it's 4 legs back and forth to create a walking motion, similiar to a cat or dog... *sigh*
The verb to pace drops the E to form pacing(walking back and forth).
The Hustle would be the most famous 1970s dance. It was not a difficult dance to do. It involved a lot of walking back and forth, kicking this way and that, and shaking one's hands around. I remember this, because I was a kid and I couldn't learn it. It wasn't difficult for most people. It was almost impossible for me. The song, which was huge, was cut by Van McCoy, by the way.