Meaning

(Australia) A period, often extended, during which an Aboriginal person left a station or settlement to travel on country, typically seasonally or for traditional cultural reasons; a journey by foot taken by an Aboriginal as a temporary withdrawal from white society..

Definitions by Sense

1. (Australia) A period, often extended, during which an Aboriginal person left a station or settlement to travel on country, typically seasonally or for traditional cultural reasons; a journey by foot taken by an Aboriginal as a temporary withdrawal from white society.
2. A walking trip.
3. (British) A public stroll by some celebrity to meet a group of people informally.
4. An absence, usually from a regular place with a possibility of a return.

Example Sentences

The police picked him up, reared him, and he had been a tracker ever since, except for periodical walk-abouts.

While the world altered dramatically during the course of her reign, the monarchy did too, though rather more imperceptibly: the walkabouts that increasingly characterised royal appearances, the pop concerts at Buckingham Palace, the throwing open of the royal palaces to visitors – even the paying of income tax, and royal podcasts – would have been inconceivable as innovations at the time Elizabeth came to the throne.

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When Should You Use Walkabout?

Use walkabout when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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