walkaboutnoun [ C ]
uk/ˈwɔː.kə.baʊt/us/ˈwɑː.kə.baʊt/UK informalan occasion when an important person walks around a public place, meeting and talking to members of the public:
The princess went on a walkabout in the town centre.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Walking and walkers
- bring/call sth/sb to heel idiom
- cavalcade
- gait
- heel
- hike
- hiker
- hoof
- hoof it idiom
- jaywalk
- pace
- parade
- ramble
- sleepwalker
- step
- stretch
- stretch your legs idiom
- stride
- ticker-tape parade
- toddle
- walker
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Idiom(s)
go walkabout