walkabout
See also: walk about
English
Etymology
From Kriol wokabat.
Noun
walkabout (plural walkabouts)
- (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.
- September 8 2022, Stephen Bates, “Queen Elizabeth II obituary”, in The Guardian:
- While the world altered dramatically during the course of her reign, the monarchy did too, though rather more imperceptibly: the walkabouts that increasingly characterised royal appearances, the pop concerts at Buckingham Palace, the throwing open of the royal palaces to visitors – even the paying of income tax, and royal podcasts – would have been inconceivable as innovations at the time Elizabeth came to the throne.
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- An absence, usually from a regular place with a possibility of a return.
Derived terms
- go walkabout
Translations
public stroll
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