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walk·a·bout

(wôk′ə-bout′)

1.Australian A temporary return to traditional Aboriginal life, taken especially between periods of work or residence in modern society and usually involving a period of travel through the bush.

2. A walking trip.

3.Chiefly British A public stroll taken by an important person, such as a monarch, among a group of people for greeting and conversation.

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

walkabout

(ˈwɔːkəˌbaʊt)

1. (Anthropology & Ethnology) a periodic nomadic excursion into the Australian bush made by a native Australian

2.a walking tour

3. (Journalism & Publishing) an occasion when celebrities, royalty, etc, walk among and meet the public

4. (Anthropology & Ethnology) to wander through the bush

5.informal to be lost or misplaced

6.informal to lose one's concentration

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

walk•a•bout

(ˈwɔk əˌbaʊt)

n.

1.Chiefly Brit.

a. a walking tour.

b. 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.

2.Australian.

a. a leave from work, taken by an Aborigine to return to native life.

b. absence from work.

[1905–10]

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Noun	1.	walkabout - a walking trip or tour tour,circuit - a journey or route all the way around a particular place or area; "they took an extended tour of Europe"; "we took a quick circuit of the park"; "a ten-day coach circuit of the island"
	2.	walkabout - a public stroll by a celebrity to meet people informally amble,stroll,saunter,perambulation,promenade - a leisurely walk (usually in some public place)
	3.	walkabout - nomadic excursions into the bush made by an Aborigine walk - the act of walking somewhere; "he took a walk after lunch" Australia,Commonwealth of Australia - a nation occupying the whole of the Australian continent; Aboriginal tribes are thought to have migrated from southeastern Asia 20,000 years ago; first Europeans were British convicts sent there as a penal colony

Translations

errance

passeggiata in pubblico

walkabout

[ˈwɔːkəbaʊt]N (Brit) (=walk) →paseom (Australia)excursión de un aborigen al bosque interior australiano
to go on a walkabout [monarch, politician] →pasearse entre elpúblico
to go walkabout (Australia) →irse deexcursión albosque (=disappear) →desaparecer

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

walkabout

[ˈwɔːkəbaʊt]n
to go on a walkabout [VIP] →prendre un bain defoule

(Australian) to go walkabout →faire un périple dans le bush

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

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