"walkabout" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: walkabouts [plural]
Etymology: Deverbal from walk about; the Australian aboriginal word wokabat is also derived therefrom. Etymology templates: {{deverbal|en|walk about}} Deverbal from walk about, {{m|rop|wokabat}} wokabat Head templates: {{en-noun}} walkabout (plural walkabouts)
  1. (Australian aboriginal) A nomadic excursion into the bush, especially one taken by young teenage boys in certain ancient-custom honoring tribes.
    Sense id: en-walkabout-en-noun-en:Australian_aboriginal_nomadic_excursion Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 41 5 45 9
  2. A walking trip.
    Sense id: en-walkabout-en-noun-en:any_walking_trip
  3. (British) A public stroll by some celebrity to meet a group of people informally. Tags: British Translations (public stroll): обиколка (obikolka) [feminine] (Bulgarian), странстване (stranstvane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), rondgang [masculine] (Dutch), bain de foule [masculine] (French), Rundgang [masculine] (German), Bad in der Menge [neuter] (German), bagno di folla [masculine] (Italian), baño de masas [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-walkabout-en-noun-en:public_stroll_by_some_celebrity Categories (other): British English, English deverbals, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English deverbals: 31 13 46 11 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 41 5 45 9 Disambiguation of 'public stroll': 3 6 90 1
  4. An absence, usually from a regular place with a possibility of a return.
    Sense id: en-walkabout-en-noun-en:absence
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: go walkabout, walkabout disease

Inflected forms

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