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121gallivant — 1809, probably a playful elaboration of GALLANT (Cf. gallant) in an obsolete verbal sense of play the gallant, flirt, gad about. Related: Gallivanted; gallivanting. Young Lobski said to his ugly wife, I m off till to morrow to fish, my life; Says …
122straggle — v. n. 1. Rove, wander. 2. Ramble, stroll, range, roam, wander, deviate, stray, rove, digress, gad about, go out of the way, go astray …
123ambulate — v 1. walk, foot, Sl. hoof, Sl. take the shoe leather express; step, pace, tread. 2. perambulate, stroll, promenade, saunter, amble; roam, rove, range, ramble; meander, circumambulate, straggle, gad about, gallivant, traipse, shuffle; peregrinate …
124perambulate — v 1. traverse, trek, travel, travel over or through or around, peregrinate; roam, rove, range, tour; walk, foot, tread, pace; make rounds, walk a beat, patrol, Sl. case. 2. stroll, ambulate, go for a walk, take a walk, stretch one s legs;… …
125promenade — n 1. walk, stroll, turn, saunter, airing, ramble; outing, Inf. whirl; ambulation, perambulation, peregrination; exercise, stretch, constitutional; march, tramp, hike, trek. 2. parade, public walk, passageway, path, footpath, footway, esplanade;… …
126tramp — v 1. tread or walk heavily, trudge, march, plod, plow, mush; hoof, stump; walk, step, pace, shuffle, stride. 2.Usu. tramp on or upon trample, stamp, stomp, step on, tread on, squash, crush, Dial. squish. 3. hike, trek, traipse, saunter; ramble,… …
127travel — v 1. journey, voyage, take a trip, tour, junket; see the world, Inf. globetrot, take a slow boat to China, shuffle off to Buffalo; hit the road or trail, cruise, sail, ride the bounding main, fly, jet, drive, motor, thumb, hitchhike, hitch, Fr.… …
128flaunt — /flɔnt / (say flawnt) verb (i) 1. to parade or display oneself conspicuously or boldly. 2. to wave conspicuously in the air. –verb (t) 3. to parade or display ostentatiously. –noun 4. the act of flaunting. {Scandinavian; compare Norwegian flanta… …
