Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun walk_about
3 senses of walkabout
Sense 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")
Sense 2
walkabout -- (a public stroll by a celebrity to meet people informally)
=> amble, promenade, saunter, stroll, perambulation -- (a leisurely walk (usually in some public place))
Sense 3
walkabout -- (nomadic excursions into the bush made by an Aborigine)
=> walk -- (the act of walking somewhere; "he took a walk after lunch")
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb walk_about
1 sense of walk about
Sense 1
perambulate, walk about, walk around -- (walk with no particular goal; "we were walking around in the garden"; "after breakfast, she walked about in the park")
=> walk -- (use one's feet to advance; advance by steps; "Walk, don't run!"; "We walked instead of driving"; "She walks with a slight limp"; "The patient cannot walk yet"; "Walk over to the cabinet")