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UK
/wˈɔːkɐbˌaʊt/
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NOUN
- nomadic excursions into the bush made by an Aborigine
- a public stroll by a celebrity to meet people informally
- a walking trip or tour
How To Use walkabout In A Sentence
- Not for him the public walkabouts among adoring throngs that marked Bill Clinton's jovial foreign jaunts.
- Their journey coincides with that of an Aborigine boy on his walkabout - a 10-day ritual where boys are left to fend for themselves, an event that initiates their entrance into adulthood.
- Burke wants his talk with the irrepressible raconteur to take place as an actionless walkabout. The Speculist: Luckily, we don't face these challenges...
- Two bodyguards remained a couple of paces behind the president throughout the walkabout.
- On the way, they are helped by an aboriginal boy on his walkabout.
- By noon the prince will be meeting residents, schoolchildren and groups on a traditional royal walkabout.
- He did recover his composure and went on an hour-long walkabout with the Leicester Square crowds, signing autographs and chatting on mobile phones in customary fashion.
- There was walkabout land with food, a billabong.
- Freeform drumming enters to impose order upon the 7-minute walkabout as it assembles itself with subtle shadings of tone and color.
- One of the key attractions for many international visitors is the romance and mystique attached to Aboriginal culture, dreamtimes and walkabouts, learning a little more about the oldest civilization in the world.