GALLIVANT


Meaning of GALLIVANT in English

intransitive verb

also gal·a·vant or gal·la·vant ˈgaləˌvant, -vaa(ə)nt sometimes ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˈ ̷ ̷

( -ed/-ing/-s )

Etymology: perhaps alteration of gallant (III)

1. : to act as a gallant : attend gallantly or amorously upon a member of the opposite sex : go about usually ostentatiously or indiscreetly with members of the opposite sex

left his wife to go gallivanting with other women

2.

a. : to travel or roam for mere pleasure

gallivanted around Europe — Louis Auchincloss

b. : move , go , travel

the porters … gallivanted along like a cheerful bunch of boys — Edmund Hillary

the flames gallivanting up the chimney — Helen Shaw

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