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(n)
A wandering on foot; an idle and leisurely walk; a ramble; a saunter.
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An unhurried leisurely walk or stroll.
A rambling; an instance of someone talking at length without direction.
(rare) A survey, a tour; a walking around.
A walk taken for pleasure, display, or exercise; a stroll.
(v)
(chiefly US, dialectal, intransitive) To amble; to walk or proceed in a leisurely manner.
To walk unsteadily, as a small child does.
A large comfortable seat for two or three people or more, a sofa or couch; also called lounge chair.
(intransitive) To spend time idly and unfruitfully; to waste time.
(intransitive, informal) To walk, ride, drive etc. at a leisurely pace
(intransitive) To walk about, roam or stroll; to ambulate.
(idiomatic) Change in direction, tone, or tendency.
To walk or move with a bouncing or undulating motion and at an unhurried pace.
To walk with no planned destination; to meander.
(Scotland) To saunter.
One who wanders aimlessly, who roams, who travels at a lounging pace. One who walks to observe and enjoy rather than to get somewhere.
(dated) to saunter
(ambitransitive) To move slowly.
(intransitive) To move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood.
(intransitive, colloquial) To walk about, especially when expending much effort, or unnecessary effort.
Obsolete form of stroll. [To wander on foot; to ramble idly or leisurely; to rove.]
A disreputable woman, a slut.
(British) To wander or ramble in a leisurely, indirect, or aimless manner, such as by walking or driving.
The stem or main axis of a plant.
(intransitive) To roam about for pleasure without any definite plan.
(rare) To go out walking; to stroll.
A trip made by walking.
To perambulate; to walk around.
A short excursion for pleasure or refreshment; a ramble; a short journey.
(colloquial) The act of prowling.
A hanging down of the head; a drooping posture; a limp appearance
An easy pace with long strides.
(intransitive) To wander around or about; roam.
(intransitive) To walk about; to wander aimlessly.
(transitive) To read completely.
(heading) Unlimited or generalized extent, physical or otherwise.
A soft toot sound.
A standing or strolling about without any aim or purpose.
To walk at a brisk pace for exercise or in order to move very quickly.
A motion as of something moving upon little wheels or rollers; a rolling motion.
(intransitive, idiomatic) To go about something slowly and carefully or at one's own pace.
A moving walkway.
(countable) A long step in walking.
An advance or movement made from one foot to the other; a pace.
A gangway.
A gait of a person or animal faster than a walk but slower than a run.
Confidence, pride.
(intransitive, formal) To walk; to relocate oneself under the power of one's own legs.
(transitive and intransitive, informal) To wander around idly to no purpose; to loaf or loiter.
(UK, dialect) To probe a pool with a pole.
Any of various species of large, long-necked waterfowl, of genus Cygnus (bird family: Anatidae), most of which have white plumage.
To go for a walk.
A ballroom dance in 3/4 time.
To wander in a vague manner
A rapid swimming stroke with alternate overarm strokes and a fluttering kick.
Nonsense; senseless talk.
(transitive) To restrict access to (a street) to pedestrians only, disallowing motor vehicles and sometimes cyclists
A prancing movement.
Obsolete form of jaunt. [(intransitive) To ramble here and there; to stroll; to make an excursion.]
(transitive) To travel somewhere in search of discovery.
(obsolete, intransitive) To rove or ramble.
A trifle; an insubstantial thing.
(adj)
Lewd, immoral; sexually open, unchaste.
Alternative form of gallivant. [(intransitive) To roam about for pleasure without any definite plan.]
A straggling, haphazard growth, especially of housing on the edge of a city.
(transitive) To walk (someone) excessively; weary with walking.
A journey; an excursion or jaunt.
A squat, swaying gait.
A long walk, usually for pleasure or exercise.
(idiomatic, transitive, especially politics) To delay a request or command, to drag one's feet, to stall, to obstruct, to drag out a process.
A light, gentle wind.
(UK, intransitive, obsolete) To wander about idly and without purpose.
Lack of difficulty; the ability to do something easily.
A tramp, i.e. a long and tiring walk.
(chiefly British) To potter, to be gently active doing various things in an almost aimless manner.
(countable, derogatory) A dilapidated neighborhood where many people live in a state of poverty.
One who travels, especially on a journey to visit sites of religious significance.
Several wraps of rope around the saddle horn, used to stop animals in roping.
The act of mixing cards or mah-jong tiles so as to randomize them.
(golf) The act of tapping a golf ball lightly on a putting green.
(intransitive) To wander or travel freely and with no specific destination.
An organized display of a group of people, particularly
To walk about in a city or town, especially as an activity in itself.
A sequence of sideways steps in a circle in square dancing.
A buoyant device used to support something in water or another liquid.
(obsolete) To wander, to roam, move about.
(informal, derogatory) A lazy and slovenly or obese person.
To perform a slow march.
A container, generally of plastic, which is not a simple tube and which is kept with its cap down.
(idiomatic, transitive) To explain (something) to (someone), step by step.
(sometimes derogatory) A homeless person; a vagabond.
(intransitive) To walk or perform other actions while sleeping; to somnambulate.
Any of very many animals (either hermaphroditic or nonhermaphroditic), of the class Gastropoda, having a coiled shell.