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walkabout
[ wawk-uh-bout ]
noun
- Chiefly British.
- a walking tour.
- an informal public stroll taken by members of the royal family or by a political figure for the purpose of greeting and being seen by the public.
- Australian.
- a brief, informal leave from work, taken by an Aboriginal person to wander the bush, visit relatives, or return to Native life.
- absence from work.
walkabout
/ ˈwɔːkəˌbaʊt /
noun
- a periodic nomadic excursion into the Australian bush made by a native Australian
- a walking tour
- an occasion when celebrities, royalty, etc, walk among and meet the public
- go walkabout
- to wander through the bush
- to be lost or misplaced
- to lose one's concentration
Word History and Origins
Origin of walkabout1
Example Sentences
“Male fishers go on these huge walkabouts to find females,” Werntz says.
While the lens is designated as a macro, the 50mm focal length makes it more of a walkabout lens with macro capabilities.
What was nice about this lens is how it is also a very nice walkabout lens.
As a kid, after all, she had begged her mom to buy her cargo shorts so she could carry the rocks she collected during her walkabouts.
At least that's what one well-wisher who met Kate Middleton as she went walkabout today thinks.
Spectator Joanne Baldwin, 30, spoke to the Duchess during the walkabout.
Next came a walkabout, with one little girl very hesitant to give up her flowers to Camilla.
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