gallivant
to go out looking for fun
TRANSLATION
gallivant = sich herumtreiben, strawanzen --- GOOGLE INDEX gallivant: approximately 150,000 Google hits
STATISTICS
IN THE PRESS
A spokesman for the Taxpayers' Alliance said: "People want the council to focus on mending the roads and providing services in Essex, not paying for officials to GALLIVANT about Europe.
(BBC News)
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At the same time, there are lessons you might want to learn, such as how Steve Jobs knows when he hears a winning idea, or where he gets the courage and confidence to go GALLIVANTING off into entirely new markets — from computers to consumer electronics, to music, to Hollywood, to telecom.
(BusinessWeek magazine)
(BBC News)
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At the same time, there are lessons you might want to learn, such as how Steve Jobs knows when he hears a winning idea, or where he gets the courage and confidence to go GALLIVANTING off into entirely new markets — from computers to consumer electronics, to music, to Hollywood, to telecom.
(BusinessWeek magazine)
Did you
know?
gallivant
verb
- to visit or go to a lot of different places, enjoying yourself and not worrying about other things you should be doing
(Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary)
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Gallivanting husbands and wives
A man in his 40's buys a fancy new convertible sports car. He takes it out on the motorway and with the wind in what is left of his hair, he steps on the accelerator and gallivants down the road. As the speedometer reaches 80 mph, he suddenly sees flashing red and blue lights behind him.
"There's no way they can catch me in this car," he thinks. He drives 90, then 100, but the police car is closing in. He decides to stop.
The policeman steps up to the car, takes the man's license and says, "It's been a long day and this is the end of my shift. I don't feel like more paperwork, so if you can give me an excuse for your driving that I haven't heard before, you can go."
The man pauses for a second and says, "Last week my wife gallivanted off with a policeman. I was afraid you were trying to give her back."
"Have a nice weekend," says the officer.
Etymology: 1819, probably a playful elaboration of gallant in an obsolete verbal sense of "play the gallant, flirt, gad about."
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SYNONYMS
run around, gad about, jaunt, meander, roam, rove, stray, traipse, wander
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SMUGGLE OWAD into today's conversation
"After college, I gallivanted in Asia for several months before beginning my career."
verb
- to visit or go to a lot of different places, enjoying yourself and not worrying about other things you should be doing
(Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary)
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Gallivanting husbands and wives
A man in his 40's buys a fancy new convertible sports car. He takes it out on the motorway and with the wind in what is left of his hair, he steps on the accelerator and gallivants down the road. As the speedometer reaches 80 mph, he suddenly sees flashing red and blue lights behind him.
"There's no way they can catch me in this car," he thinks. He drives 90, then 100, but the police car is closing in. He decides to stop.
The policeman steps up to the car, takes the man's license and says, "It's been a long day and this is the end of my shift. I don't feel like more paperwork, so if you can give me an excuse for your driving that I haven't heard before, you can go."
The man pauses for a second and says, "Last week my wife gallivanted off with a policeman. I was afraid you were trying to give her back."
"Have a nice weekend," says the officer.
Etymology: 1819, probably a playful elaboration of gallant in an obsolete verbal sense of "play the gallant, flirt, gad about."
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SYNONYMS
run around, gad about, jaunt, meander, roam, rove, stray, traipse, wander
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SMUGGLE OWAD into today's conversation
"After college, I gallivanted in Asia for several months before beginning my career."
