ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Stroll

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Pronunciation /stɹəʊl/ · Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Stroll is a noun meaning A wandering on foot; an idle and leisurely walk; a ramble; a saunter.

Meaning

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

More Meanings

  1. (preceded by the) A dance of the 1950s in which dancers leisurely stepped, cross-stepped, and dipped at the knee to the beat of the music.
  2. To wander on foot; to ramble idly or leisurely; to rove.
  3. To go somewhere with ease.
  4. (intransitive, slang) To walk the streets as a prostitute.
  5. (intransitive) To do, obtain, or achieve something in a casual and effortless way.

Example Sentences

My daughter strolled through the exam.
More often than not, the best restaurants are found by strolling rather than scrolling.
Look around you, all you see are sympathetic eyes Stroll around the grounds until you feel at home
"Nammers?" She'd told him before of some Vietnamese gang pressuring her to stroll for them. / "Don't even ask. You don't want to know."

Word Forms

Synonyms for stroll

Depending on context, synonyms include meander, ramble, range, roam, rove, stray.

Antonyms for stroll

Common opposites include labor, scrape, squeeze, limp, squeak.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include amble, saunter, ramble, perambulation, promenade, walking.

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