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    WALKABOUT

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Nomadic excursions into the bush made by an Aborigineplay

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting acts or actions

    Hypernyms ("walkabout" is a kind of...):

    walk (the act of walking somewhere)

    Domain region:

    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)

    Sense 2

    Meaning:

    A public stroll by a celebrity to meet people informallyplay

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting acts or actions

    Hypernyms ("walkabout" is a kind of...):

    amble; perambulation; promenade; saunter; stroll (a leisurely walk (usually in some public place))

    Sense 3

    Meaning:

    A walking trip or tourplay

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting acts or actions

    Hypernyms ("walkabout" is a kind of...):

    circuit; tour (a journey or route all the way around a particular place or area)

    Derivation:

    walk about (walk with no particular goal)

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