walkabout
IPA: wˈɔkʌbˈaʊt
noun
- (Australian aboriginal) A nomadic excursion into the bush, especially one taken by young teenage boys in certain ancient-custom honoring tribes.
- A walking trip.
- (Britain) A public stroll by some celebrity to meet a group of people informally.
- An absence, usually from a regular place with a possibility of a return.
walk about
IPA: wˈɔkʌbˈaʊt
verb
- walk with no particular goal
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Examples of "walkabout" in Sentences
Examples of "walk-about" in Sentences
- On a walk-about, we came to a stand of hawthorn trees.
- But after testing them, I liked the Sony NEX-5N enough to contemplate making it my new walk-about camera.
- Two nights ago one my Inspectors (Patrol Officer) pulled into a high crime housing estate to do a quick walk-about with the site Bobby (guard).
- The walk-about was a perfect opportunity to display the many talented Canadian designers whom we so proudly adore: D Squared, Lucian Matis, Marie Saint Pierre, Lida Baday, etc.
- This walk-about tasting offers the chance to taste riesling from more than 40 New York wineries paired with local cuisine and includes a special tasting of older-vintage rieslings.
- It is true that fever and dysentery are perpetually on the walk-about, that loathsome skin diseases abound, that the air is saturated with a poison that bites into every pore, cut, or abrasion and plants malignant ulcers, and that many strong men who escape dying there return as wrecks to their own countries.
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