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To roam about for pleasure without any definite plan.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: gad
Antonyms: none provided
To flirt, to romance.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive, obsolete
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
wander aimlessly in search of pleasure
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: gad, jazz around
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: roll, wander, swan, stray, tramp, roam, cast, ramble, rove, range, drift, vagabond
1809, from gallant (“wooing women”), originally in sense “to flirt”, broadened to mean “roaming without plan”.
Across languages
Translations
47 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Arabic:
تسكع
— roam about for pleasure
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Bulgarian:
шляя се
(šljaja se)
— roam about for pleasure
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Czech:
toulat se
— roam about for pleasure
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Dutch:
flaneren
— roam about for pleasure
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French:
flâner
— roam about for pleasure
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Galician:
ruar
— roam about for pleasure
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Georgian:
ხეტიალი
(xeṭiali)
— roam about for pleasure
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Georgian:
წანწალი
(c̣anc̣ali)
— roam about for pleasure
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German:
herumstreunen
— roam about for pleasure
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German:
herumbummeln
— roam about for pleasure
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Italian:
vagare
— roam about for pleasure
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Italian:
girovagare
— roam about for pleasure
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Italian:
gironzolare
— roam about for pleasure
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Italian:
bighellonare
— roam about for pleasure
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Italian:
andare a zonzo
— roam about for pleasure
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Ladin:
ji a loter
— roam about for pleasure
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Macedonian:
ака
(aka)
— roam about for pleasure
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Macedonian:
се шета
(se šeta)
— roam about for pleasure
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Macedonian:
се проведува
(se proveduva)
— roam about for pleasure
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Norman:
galvaûder
— roam about for pleasure
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Russian:
гуля́ть
(guljátʹ)
— roam about for pleasure
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Russian:
слоня́ться
(slonjátʹsja)
— roam about for pleasure
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Russian:
шля́ться
(šljátʹsja)
— roam about for pleasure
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Scottish Gaelic:
rach air fàrsan
— roam about for pleasure
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Serbo-Croatian:
ševrdati
— roam about for pleasure
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Serbo-Croatian:
vrludati
— roam about for pleasure
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Spanish:
pasear
— roam about for pleasure
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Spanish:
callejear
— roam about for pleasure
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Spanish:
yirar
— roam about for pleasure
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Spanish:
ruar
— roam about for pleasure
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Swedish:
drälla
— roam about for pleasure
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Swedish:
driva omkring
— roam about for pleasure
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Swedish:
dagdriva
— roam about for pleasure
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Swedish:
dröna
— roam about for pleasure
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Bulgarian:
флиртувам
(flirtuvam)
— flirt, romance
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Czech:
flirtovat
— flirt, romance
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Dutch:
flirten
— flirt, romance
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French:
flirter
— flirt, romance
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French:
conter fleurette
— flirt, romance
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Georgian:
ფლირტი
(plirṭi)
— flirt, romance
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German:
flirten
— flirt, romance
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German:
schäkern
— flirt, romance
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Macedonian:
се додворува
(se dodvoruva)
— flirt, romance
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Macedonian:
кокети́ра
(koketíra)
— flirt, romance
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Russian:
флиртовать
(flirtovatʹ)
— flirt, romance
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Scottish Gaelic:
beadraich
— flirt, romance
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Serbo-Croatian:
flertovati
— flirt, romance
