Verbs to describe how an octopus moves?

“Undulate” was the first verb that came to mind for me.

Pulsate
Pulsation

The octopus draws water into a cavity in its body, then squirts it out in jets through a tube, or siphon, just under its head. The force of this squirting is so powerful that it moves the octopus

I guess Pulsate… lol Dammit @boffin

An octopus will jet through the water when it’s fleeing danger, or if it has a hankerin’ for some sweet octopi!

@aprilsimnel took my answer. “Flowing” and “oozing” might also be good.

Sinuous, flowing, undulating.

Sinulate.

“Writhing.”

Propulsion. Or, if on the ocean floor, crawling.

Octopuses are octopedal; they crawl, glide, coil, intertwine, convolve, creep, ambulate, flow and drift.

this and this might also be helpful.

Gliding.

randomly

I think octomom usually plods or waddles from one camera to the next. ;-)

“Sinulate” is not a word, yet. The adjective is “sinuous” and describes shape and not movement.

An octopus can undulate, ambulate, or pulsate sinuously.

Move with balletic movements.

Their limbs flow and move with seemingly random motion, whilst propelling the ocutopus’s body in a very specific direction. The limbs are working in tandem, although it is not always apparent to the observer. It is apparent to the octopus.

With the skill and strength of a dancer, the octopus flails his eight arms to perambulate his bulbous, yet sensuous body through the water. (Believe it or not, I actually see octupi as moving in a similar way to beautiful, strong ballet dancers)

Feel free to use any and all of these word combinations to get your point across.

leguleighting….
legulating…..

I made em up…can you tell??

The Bebop around wherever they want to.

Languidly, most of the time.

http://www.ted.com/talks/david_gallo_shows_underwater_astonishments.html

At one point in this video, an octopus moves as if it’s a rock, rolling on the bottom. Octopus are brilliant at camouflage, so you could say they play hide-and-seek as they roam the oceans.

You could say they ink their way through the water, but my BEST pick for a verb would be ‘furl’. They furl and unfurl their way through the ocean.

Punching its way through the water like a Boss!

octopulsate

sauntering…..

Octopussalocomotion

I would say it “pumps” through the water,