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walkabout

  (wôk'ə-bout') pronunciation
n.
  1. Australian. A temporary return to traditional Aboriginal life, taken especially between periods of work or residence in white 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.

 
 

A dummy syndrome in horses; usually pyrrolizidine alkaloses caused by crotalaria poisoning. Affected horses walk compulsively, head press, appear blind and walk into objects. They do not respond to usual external stimuli or commands. Called also walkabout, Kimberley horse disease.

 
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The noun has 3 meanings:

Meaning #1: a walking trip or tour

Meaning #2: a public stroll by a celebrity to meet people informally

Meaning #3: (Australia) nomadic excursions into the bush made by an Aborigine


 
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Walkabout is an Australian pidgin (or perhaps quasi-pidgin) term referring to the belief that Australian Aborigines "go walkabout" at the age of thirteen in the wilderness for six months as a rite of passage. They then trace the path of the ceremonial ancestors of their tribe, following the exact route that those ancestors took, and imitating in a fashion, their heroic deeds. These paths are known as the Songlines.


 
Translations: Translations for: Walkabout

Dansk (Danish)
n. - spadseretur, vandren omkring

Nederlands (Dutch)
gelegenheid waarbij een beroemdheid zich onder de mensen begeeft

Français (French)
n. - bain de foule, (Austral) (partir) dans le désert, (fig) (disparaître) dans la nature (hum)

Deutsch (German)
n. - Bad in der Menge, Buschwanderung

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (Βρετ., καθομ.) περίπατος επισήμου ανάμεσα στο πλήθος

Italiano (Italian)
passeggiata

Português (Portuguese)
n. - viagem a pé (f), retorno temporário à vida simples (m)

Русский (Russian)
пеший туризм, прогулка высокого лица среди толпы с целью неофициального общения

Español (Spanish)
n. - paseo de políticos, realeza, etc. entre el público

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - vandringstur

中文(简体) (Chinese (Simplified))
徒步旅行, 短期丛林流浪, 长期旅行

中文(繁體) (Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 徒步旅行, 短期叢林流浪, 長期旅行

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 도보 여행, 숲속의 떠돌이 생활, (왕족 등이) 거리를 걸어 다니며 서민과 접하는 일

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 徒歩旅行

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) فترة قصيرة يتشرد فيها العبد من أصل أستراليا‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮מסע אל הטבע (של ילידי אוסטרליה), סיור רגלי בקרב ההמון של אישיות שבאה לביקור, תקופת נדודים, טיול‬


 
 

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Dictionary. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition Copyright © 2007, 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Updated in 2007. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.  Read more
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