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stroll

name · noun · verb · 9 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /stɹəʊl/
  • General-American: /stɹoʊl/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -əʊl
  • CMU ARPABET: S T R OW1 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

name

Meaning 1

A surname.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A wandering on foot; an idle and leisurely walk; a ramble; a saunter.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: wander, meander, stroll

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

A dance of the 1950s in which dancers leisurely stepped, cross-stepped, and dipped at the knee to the beat of the music.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Qualifier: preceded by the

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

verb

Meaning 4

To wander on foot; to ramble idly or leisurely; to rove.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

verb

Meaning 5

To go somewhere with ease.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

verb

Meaning 6

To walk the streets as a prostitute.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: intransitive, slang

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

verb

Meaning 7

To do, obtain, or achieve something in a casual and effortless way.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: intransitive

Examples

  • My daughter strolled through the exam.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: breeze, ride, coast, romp, waltz

Antonyms: labor, scrape, squeeze, limp, squeak

8

noun

Meaning 8

a leisurely walk (usually in some public place)

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: amble, promenade, saunter, perambulation

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: walk

Narrower terms: ramble, meander, walkabout

9

verb

Meaning 9

walk leisurely and with no apparent aim

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: saunter

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: walk

History

Etymology

Anglicization of Strulovitch, Strulovic, Strulović. From Russian

Borrowed from German strollen, a variant of Alemannic German strolchen, from Strolch (“vagabond; rascal”).

Across languages

Translations

216 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • French: Stroll — Translations
  • Albanian: shëtitje — wandering on foot
  • Arabic: تَجَوُّل (tajawwul) — wandering on foot
  • Arabic: تَنَزُّه (tanazzuh) — wandering on foot
  • Arabic: سِيرَة (sīra) — wandering on foot
  • Arabic: مَسِير (masīr) — wandering on foot
  • Armenian: զբոսանք (zbosankʻ) — wandering on foot
  • Azerbaijani: gəzinti — wandering on foot
  • Belarusian: пагуля́нка (pahuljánka) — wandering on foot
  • Belarusian: прагу́лка (prahúlka) — wandering on foot
  • Belarusian: спа́цыр (spácyr) — wandering on foot
  • Belarusian: шпа́цыр (špácyr) — wandering on foot
  • Bulgarian: разхо́дка (razhódka) — wandering on foot
  • Catalan: passeig — wandering on foot
  • Catalan: passejada — wandering on foot
  • Chinese Mandarin: 漫步 (mànbù) — wandering on foot
  • Chinese Mandarin: 散步 (sànbù) — wandering on foot
  • Czech: procházka — wandering on foot
  • Danish: spadseretur — wandering on foot
  • Dutch: wandeling — wandering on foot
  • Esperanto: promeno — wandering on foot
  • Estonian: jalutuskäik — wandering on foot
  • Faroese: gongutúrur — wandering on foot
  • Finnish: kävely — wandering on foot
  • French: promenade — wandering on foot
  • French: flânerie — wandering on foot
  • French: balade — wandering on foot
  • Galician: andaina — wandering on foot
  • Galician: andola — wandering on foot
  • Galician: andarela — wandering on foot
  • Galician: riola — wandering on foot
  • Galician: paseio — wandering on foot
  • Georgian: სეირნობა (seirnoba) — wandering on foot
  • German: Spaziergang — wandering on foot
  • German: Bummel — wandering on foot
  • Greek: περίπατος (perípatos) — wandering on foot
  • Hindi: सैर (sair) — wandering on foot
  • Hungarian: séta — wandering on foot
  • Hungarian: kószálás — wandering on foot
  • Icelandic: rölt — wandering on foot
  • Icelandic: ganga — wandering on foot
  • Icelandic: gönguferð — wandering on foot
  • Irish: spaisteoireacht — wandering on foot
  • Italian: passeggio — wandering on foot
  • Italian: passeggiata — wandering on foot
  • Italian: camminata — wandering on foot
  • Japanese: 散歩 (sanpo) — wandering on foot
  • Kazakh: серуен (seruen) — wandering on foot
  • Kazakh: сейіл (seiıl) — wandering on foot
  • Korean: 산책 (sanchaek) — wandering on foot
  • Kyrgyz: сейил (seyil) — wandering on foot
  • Latvian: pastaiga — wandering on foot
  • Lithuanian: pasivaikščiojimas — wandering on foot
  • Macedonian: прошетка (prošetka) — wandering on foot
  • Māori: hāereere — wandering on foot
  • Norwegian Bokmål: rusletur — wandering on foot
  • Norwegian Bokmål: spasertur — wandering on foot
  • Occitan: passejada — wandering on foot
  • Iranian Persian: گَرْدِش (gardeš) — wandering on foot
  • Iranian Persian: پِیادِهرَوی (piyâde-ravi) — wandering on foot
  • Iranian Persian: سِیر (seyr) — wandering on foot
  • Polish: spacer — wandering on foot
  • Polish: przechadzka — wandering on foot
  • Portuguese: passeio — wandering on foot
  • Portuguese: caminhada — wandering on foot
  • Romanian: plimbare — wandering on foot
  • Russian: прогу́лка (progúlka) — wandering on foot
  • Russian: промена́д (promenád) — wandering on foot
  • Russian: похо́д (poxód) — wandering on foot
  • Serbo-Croatian: ше́тња — wandering on foot
  • Serbo-Croatian: šétnja — wandering on foot
  • Slovak: prechádzka — wandering on foot
  • Slovene: sprehod — wandering on foot
  • Spanish: paseo — wandering on foot
  • Spanish: caminata — wandering on foot
  • Spanish: vuelta — wandering on foot
  • Spanish: yiro — wandering on foot
  • Spanish: rol — wandering on foot
  • Spanish: role — wandering on foot
  • Swedish: strövtåg — wandering on foot
  • Swedish: promenad — wandering on foot
  • Tajik: гардиш (gardiš) — wandering on foot
  • Tajik: сайру гашт (sayru gašt) — wandering on foot
  • Tajik: сайругашт (sayrugašt) — wandering on foot
  • Tajik: сайр (sayr) — wandering on foot
  • Turkish: gezinti — wandering on foot
  • Turkish: gezme — wandering on foot
  • Turkish: dolanma — wandering on foot
  • Turkish: dolaşma — wandering on foot
  • Ukrainian: прогу́лянка (prohúljanka) — wandering on foot
  • Ukrainian: прогу́лька (prohúlʹka) — wandering on foot
  • Urdu: سَیر (sair) — wandering on foot
  • Uzbek: sayr — wandering on foot
  • Uzbek: tomosha — wandering on foot
  • Vietnamese: sự đi dạo — wandering on foot
  • Yiddish: איבערשפּרײַז (ibershprayz) — wandering on foot
  • Albanian: shëtit — wander on foot
  • Arabic: تَجَوَّلَ (tajawwala) — wander on foot
  • Arabic: تَنَزَّهَ (tanazzaha) — wander on foot
  • Armenian: զբոսնել (zbosnel) — wander on foot
  • Aromanian: priimnu — wander on foot
  • Azerbaijani: gəzmək — wander on foot
  • Azerbaijani: dolaşmaq — wander on foot
  • Azerbaijani: dolanmaq — wander on foot
  • Azerbaijani: aylanmaq — wander on foot
  • Belarusian: гуля́ць (huljácʹ) — wander on foot
  • Belarusian: шпацырава́ць (špacyravácʹ) — wander on foot
  • Bulgarian: разхо́ждам се (razhóždam se) — wander on foot
  • Bulgarian: разхо́дя се (razhódja se) — wander on foot
  • Burmese: လမ်းလျှောက် (lam:hlyauk) — wander on foot
  • Catalan: passejar-se — wander on foot
  • Catalan: passejar — wander on foot
  • Cebuano: suroy — wander on foot
  • Chinese Cantonese: 逛 (gwaang6) — wander on foot
  • Chinese Mandarin: 漫步 (mànbù) — wander on foot
  • Chinese Mandarin: 散步 (sànbù) — wander on foot
  • Czech: procházet se — wander on foot
  • Danish: spadsere — wander on foot
  • Danish: slentre — wander on foot
  • Dutch: slenteren — wander on foot
  • Dutch: wandelen — wander on foot
  • Esperanto: promeni — wander on foot
  • Finnish: kuljeskella — wander on foot
  • Finnish: käveleskellä — wander on foot
  • Finnish: kävellä — wander on foot
  • French: flâner — wander on foot
  • French: se promener — wander on foot
  • French: se balader — wander on foot
  • Galician: pasear — wander on foot
  • Georgian: სეირნობა (seirnoba) — wander on foot
  • German: spazieren gehen — wander on foot
  • German: bummeln — wander on foot
  • German: schlendern — wander on foot
  • German: umherwandeln — wander on foot
  • Greek: πάω βόλτα (páo vólta) — wander on foot
  • Hindi: सैर करना (sair karnā) — wander on foot
  • Hungarian: ballag — wander on foot
  • Hungarian: bandukol — wander on foot
  • Hungarian: sétál — wander on foot
  • Hungarian: kószál — wander on foot
  • Icelandic: labba — wander on foot
  • Indonesian: jalan-jalan — wander on foot
  • Irish: téigh ag spaisteoireacht — wander on foot
  • Irish: meallac — wander on foot
  • Italian: passeggiare — wander on foot
  • Italian: andare a spasso — wander on foot
  • Italian: girovagare — wander on foot
  • Italian: fare una passeggiata — wander on foot
  • Japanese: 散歩する (sanpo suru) — wander on foot
  • Kazakh: серуендеу (seruendeu) — wander on foot
  • Khmer: ចរលីលា (cɑɑ liiliə) — wander on foot
  • Korean: 산책하다 (sanchaekhada) — wander on foot
  • Central Kurdish: گەڕان (gerran) — wander on foot
  • Kyrgyz: сейилдөө (seyildöö) — wander on foot
  • Kyrgyz: сайрандоо (sayrandoo) — wander on foot
  • Lao: ຖ່ຽວ (thiāu) — wander on foot
  • Lao: ຈະລະ (cha la) — wander on foot
  • Latin: spatior — wander on foot
  • Macedonian: шета (šeta) — wander on foot
  • Macedonian: се шета (se šeta) — wander on foot
  • Malayalam: ഉലാത്തുക (ulāttuka) — wander on foot
  • Māori: hāereere — wander on foot
  • Māori: whakatīhake — wander on foot
  • Mongolian: зугаалах (zugaalax) — wander on foot
  • Norman: s'traûler — wander on foot
  • Norwegian Bokmål: rusle — wander on foot
  • Norwegian Bokmål: slentre — wander on foot
  • Norwegian Bokmål: spasere — wander on foot
  • Occitan: se passejar — wander on foot
  • Occitan: rambiar — wander on foot
  • Occitan: landrejar — wander on foot
  • Persian: قدم زدن (qadam zadan) — wander on foot
  • Persian: گردش کردن (gardeš kardan) — wander on foot
  • Polish: spacerować — wander on foot
  • Polish: przechadzać się — wander on foot
  • Portuguese: passear — wander on foot
  • Portuguese: perambular — wander on foot
  • Romanian: plimba — wander on foot
  • Russian: гуля́ть (guljátʹ) — wander on foot
  • Russian: прогу́ливаться (progúlivatʹsja) — wander on foot
  • Russian: проха́живаться (proxáživatʹsja) — wander on foot
  • Serbo-Croatian: ше́тати се — wander on foot
  • Serbo-Croatian: šétati se — wander on foot
  • Slovak: prechádzať sa — wander on foot
  • Slovene: sprehajati se — wander on foot
  • Lower Sorbian: pśechójźowaś se — wander on foot
  • Spanish: pasearse — wander on foot
  • Spanish: pasear — wander on foot
  • Spanish: yirar — wander on foot
  • Spanish: garbear — wander on foot
  • Spanish: veletear — wander on foot
  • Spanish: ruar — wander on foot
  • Sranan Tongo: koiri — wander on foot
  • Swedish: flanera — wander on foot
  • Swedish: strosa — wander on foot
  • Swedish: spankulera — wander on foot
  • Tajik: гардиш кардан (gardiš kardan) — wander on foot
  • Tajik: сайр кардан (sayr kardan) — wander on foot
  • Tajik: сайру гашт кардан (sayru gašt kardan) — wander on foot
  • Thai: นวยนาด (nuai-nâat) — wander on foot
  • Thai: เตร่ (dtrèe) — wander on foot
  • Thai: เดินเล่น (dəən-lên) — wander on foot
  • Tok Pisin: wokabaut — wander on foot
  • Turkish: gezinmek — wander on foot
  • Turkish: dolaşmak — wander on foot
  • Turkish: dolanmak — wander on foot
  • Ottoman Turkish: كزمك (gezmek) — wander on foot
  • Ukrainian: гуля́ти (huljáty) — wander on foot
  • Ukrainian: прогу́люватися (prohúljuvatysja) — wander on foot
  • Urdu: سیر کرنا (sair karnā) — wander on foot
  • Uyghur: سەيلە قىلماق (seyle qilmaq) — wander on foot
  • Uzbek: tomosha qilmoq — wander on foot
  • Uzbek: sayr qilmoq — wander on foot
  • Vietnamese: đi dạo — wander on foot
  • Vietnamese: dạo — wander on foot
  • Yiddish: איבערשפּרײַזן (ibershprayzn) — wander on foot