gallivant
Meaning
- (intransitive) To roam about for pleasure without any definite plan.
- (intransitive, obsolete) To flirt, to romance.
Synonyms
Translations
vagar
vagabundear
umherschweifen
vagar ausfasern umherirren umherstreichen umherwandernPronounced as (IPA)
/ˈɡæl.ɪ.vænt/
Etymology
1809, from gallant (“wooing women”), originally in sense “to flirt”, broadened to mean “roaming without plan”.
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