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