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walk·a·bout (wôk

-bout

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1. Australian A temporary return to traditional Aboriginal life, taken especially between periods of work or residence in modern society and usually involving a period of travel through the bush.

2. A walking trip.

3. Chiefly British A public stroll taken by an important person, such as a monarch, among a group of people for greeting and conversation.

walkabout [ˈwɔːkəˌbaʊt]

1. (Social Science / Anthropology & Ethnology) a periodic nomadic excursion into the Australian bush made by a native Australian

2. a walking tour

3. (Communication Arts / Journalism & Publishing) Chiefly journalistic an occasion when celebrities, royalty, etc., walk among and meet the public

go walkabout Austral

a. (Social Science / Anthropology & Ethnology) to wander through the bush

b. Informal to be lost or misplaced

c. Informal to lose one's concentration

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Noun	1.	walkabout - a walking trip or tour tour, circuit - a journey or route all the way around a particular place or area; "they took an extended tour of Europe"; "we took a quick circuit of the park"; "a ten-day coach circuit of the island"
	2.	walkabout - a public stroll by a celebrity to meet people informally amble, stroll, saunter, perambulation, promenade - a leisurely walk (usually in some public place)
	3.	walkabout - nomadic excursions into the bush made by an Aborigine walk - the act of walking somewhere; "he took a walk after lunch" 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

Translations

walkabout [ˈwɔːkəbaʊt] N (Brit) (= walk) → paseo m (Australia) excursión de un aborigen al bosque interior australiano
to go on a walkabout [monarch, politician] → pasearse entre el público
to go walkabout (Australia) → irse de excursión al bosque (= disappear) → desaparecer

walkabout [ˈwɔːkəbaʊt] n
to go on a walkabout [VIP] → prendre un bain de foule

(Australian) to go walkabout → faire un périple dans le bush

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CAPTION(S): Comedian Eddie Izzard meets fans as he goes walkabout on Cardiff's Queen Street yesterday af ternoon

Use your vote, comic Eddie tells Cardiff by South Wales Echo (Cardiff, Wales)

BBC2 Ray Mears Goes Walkabout (8pm) The history of islanders in the Torres Strait, and the story of a woman taken in by the Kaurareg people.

Sunday: Pick of the day by Huddersfield Daily Examiner (Huddersfield, England)

BBC2 Ray Mears Goes Walkabout (8pm) The history of islanders in the Torres Strait, and the story of a woman taken in by the Kaurareg people.

Pick of the day by Evening Gazette (Middlesbrough, England)

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