- gallivant around
- gallivant aroundto travel around aimlessly. •
Why don't you stop gallivanting around and come home for a while?
•Mary is off gallivanting around with her boyfriend.
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
gallivant around
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gallivant — [v] run around, gad about cruise, jaunt, meander, mooch, ramble, range, roam, rove, stray, traipse, wander; concepts 149,224 Ant. behave … New thesaurus
gallivant — gal|li|vant [ˈgælıvænt] v [Date: 1800 1900; Origin: Perhaps from gallant] [i]informal to spend time enjoying yourself and going from place to place for pleasure used humorously in order to show disapproval gallivant about/around ▪ She should be… … Dictionary of contemporary English
gallivant — verb (I) informal or humorous to spend time enjoying yourself and going from place to place for pleasure: gallivant about/around: She spent six months gallivanting around Europe … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
gallivant — Synonyms and related words: 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… … Moby Thesaurus
gallivant — [[t]gæ̱lɪvænt[/t]] gallivants, gallivanting, gallivanted VERB Someone who is gallivanting around goes to a lot of different places looking for amusement and entertainment. [OLD FASHIONED] [V prep/adv] A girl s place is in the home, not… … English dictionary
gallivant — v 1. gad about, run around, flit about; ramble, roam, rove, range, Inf. traipse; wander, meander, saunter, stroll, perambulate, promenade. 2. court, woo, Inf. spark, serenade, play the gallant; escort, squire around … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
gallivant — Gad about. Move around rapidly … A concise dictionary of English slang
knock about/around — (informal) 1 knocking around the Mediterranean: WANDER AROUND, roam around, rove around, range over, travel around, journey around, voyage around, drift around, potter around; informal gad about, gallivant around. 2 she knocks around with artists … Useful english dictionary
play around — Synonyms and related words: cast coquettish glances, coquet, dabble, dally, eye, fiddle, fiddle with, fiddle faddle, fidget with, finger with, flirt, fool, fool around, fool with, fribble, frivol, gallivant, gold dig, horse around, idle, jerk off … Moby Thesaurus
knock around — Synonyms and related words: air, analyze, bat around, bum, canvass, comment upon, consider, controvert, count ties, deal with, debate, deliberate, deliberate upon, discourse about, discuss, divagate, drift, examine, exchange views, flit, gad, gad … Moby Thesaurus
jazz around — verb wander aimlessly in search of pleasure • Syn: ↑gallivant, ↑gad • Hypernyms: ↑roll, ↑wander, ↑swan, ↑stray, ↑tramp, ↑roam, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
