WALKABOUT


Meaning of WALKABOUT in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈwȯ-kə-ˌbau̇t ]

noun

Date: 1908

1. : a short period of wandering bush life engaged in by an Australian aborigine as an occasional interruption of regular work — often used in the phrase go walkabout

the man who went walkabout was making a ritual journey — Bruce Chatwin

2. : something (as a journey) similar to a walkabout

3. : a walking tour ; especially : one in which a well-known person mingles with the public

went walkabout in the streets

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.