GALLIVANT: Dictionary Entry and Meaning
| Pronunciation: | | 'galu`vant
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| | Definition: | | [v] wander aimlessly in search of pleasure |
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| | Synonyms: | | gad, jazz around |
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| | See Also: | | cast, drift, ramble, range, roam, rove, stray, swan, tramp, vagabond, wander | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Gal"li*vant\, v. i. [From {Gallant}.]
To play the beau; to wait upon the ladies; also, to roam
about for pleasure without any definite plan. [Slang]
--Dickens.
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| | Related Terms: | | bat, bat around, bum, cast coquettish glances, coquet, count ties, divagate, drift, eye, flirt, flit, gad, gad about, go about, go the rounds, gold-dig, hit the road, hit the trail, hobo, jaunt, knock about, knock around, look sweet upon, make eyes at, meander, mooch, nomadize, ogle, peregrinate, pererrate, philander, play around, prowl, ramble, range, roam, rove, run about, run around, saunter, straggle, stray, stroll, traipse, tramp, vagabond, vagabondize, walk the tracks, wander, wayfare |
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