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gallivant
/ˈɡæl.ɪ.vænt/
verb 2
Collocations
2VERB + GALLIVANT
can't
PREP.
around, in
Definitions
verb
1
To roam about for pleasure without any definite plan.
Bertram, it is true, when he heard of the plan, rebelled, and asserted that what Billy needed was a rest, an entire rest from care and labor. In fact, what he wanted her to do, he said, was to gallivant – to gallivant all day long.
Rather than sit and gawk at my nonadoring mother and sister, I gallivanted outdoors until it was time to hit the sack.
2
To flirt, to romance.
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Synonyms
verb — wander aimlessly in search of pleasure
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Bertram, it is true, when he heard of the plan, rebelled, and asserted that what Billy needed was a rest, an entire rest from care and labor. In fact, what he wanted her to do, he said, was to galliva
Wiktionary02
Rather than sit and gawk at my nonadoring mother and sister, I gallivanted outdoors until it was time to hit the sack.
Wiktionary03
The episode also opens with an inspired bit of business for Homer, who blithely refuses to acquiesce to an elderly neighbor’s utterly reasonable request that he help make the process of selling her ho
Wiktionary04
You can't gallivant in here at 2 am and not expect me to be mad.
Tatoeba · #897802005
I was always too busy with my family to gallivant around.
Tatoeba · #11923534Usage Notes
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