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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
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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
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of walkabout1
Example Sentences
The Royal Couple attended several engagements before a celebratory walkabout in Centre Square.
The route: Sip your morning coffee as you watch some of the best surfing along the 200-mile SoCal Coast walkabout, with experts farther out catching waves up to 10 to 15 feet.
Not as much as Americans, who Smith jovially admitted to taking pains to avoid in her walkabouts.
As good a place to start in that regard might be Trump’s defense of his verbal walkabouts during a town hall meeting last week in Michigan with Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders:
He was joined on the visit by the queen, and went on impromptu walkabouts, meeting staff who had stopped to catch a glimpse of the royal couple.
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