Get to know Walkabout better with 10+ real example sentences, the meaning and synonyms like tour or circuit.
Walkabout meaning
- 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.
- A walking trip.
- A public stroll by some celebrity to meet a group of people informally.
Using Walkabout
- The main meaning on this page is: 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. | A walking trip. | A public stroll by some celebrity to meet a group of people informally.
- Useful related words include: tour, circuit, amble, promenade.
- In the example corpus, walkabout often appears in combinations such as: on walkabout, walkabout in, the walkabout.
Context around Walkabout
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.4 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 8 middle, 11 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Walkabout
- In this selection, "walkabout" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 23.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, estate, style, morning, checking, entertainment and characters stand out and add context to how "walkabout" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include after a walkabout with minister and an estate walkabout. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "walkabout" sits close to words such as abadi, acidification and acker, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with walkabout
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Sabin (left) having a chat with Phoong during his walkabout around Foh Sang. (13 words)
She met her at some glamorous event, where Diana was doing a walkabout. (13 words)
Select animal exhibits will be open including African Rift Valley, African lions and the Australia Walkabout. (16 words)
Cllr Barratt said the lack of money was being felt in the Whinnyhill / Manse Road area of Inverkeithing where "not an awful lot of progress" had been made since since improvement works were identified last year on an estate walkabout. (40 words)
Kate has always seemed to be comfortable with the selfie, going viral in 2014 when she took a snap high-fiving a youngster in Christchurch before posing with various well-wishers on a walkabout in Sydney. (36 words)
William, shy and introverted, listens to this whole conversation, much of which is about him, and the way that the future King should be acting, and he decides to go on a walkabout. (33 words)
Example sentences (20)
After bouts of rain earlier in the morning, a long spell of spring sunshine helped dry them off in time for the walkabout.
Cllr Barratt said the lack of money was being felt in the Whinnyhill / Manse Road area of Inverkeithing where "not an awful lot of progress" had been made since since improvement works were identified last year on an estate walkabout.
Harry was later seen dancing while Meghan chatted to other attendees before both did a mini Royal-style walkabout.
John, now 45, was sleeping on a bench at the bus stop opposite the railway station: Charlie was doing his early morning walkabout checking on rough sleepers.
Kate has always seemed to be comfortable with the selfie, going viral in 2014 when she took a snap high-fiving a youngster in Christchurch before posing with various well-wishers on a walkabout in Sydney.
Later during a walkabout in the main streets of Taupō, Luxon was given a largely warm reception.
Love your Market celebrations will continue on Sunday, May 20, with balloon modelling, walkabout entertainment and free craft activities on Market Place from 10am-2pm.
Prince William, Kate Middleton, Prince Harry, Meghan Markle at a walkabout during Queen Elizabeth II's funeral n September 2022.
There will be a licensed bar, thrill rides, street performers and walkabout characters and food and drink sellers.
We, all of us, went walkabout to other tables, some of us daring to dance along with the Gipsy Kings.
William, shy and introverted, listens to this whole conversation, much of which is about him, and the way that the future King should be acting, and he decides to go on a walkabout.
A man has pleaded not guilty to attempted murder over a stabbing at the Walkabout bar in earlier this year.
Harry after the Queen's death in September 2022, when they joined their spouses on a walkabout in Windsor.
Sabin (left) having a chat with Phoong during his walkabout around Foh Sang.
Select animal exhibits will be open including African Rift Valley, African lions and the Australia Walkabout.
She met her at some glamorous event, where Diana was doing a walkabout.
Candidates from parties vying for the Likas, Api-Api and Luyang state seats had a walkabout at the Gaya Street Sunday market yesterday to distribute pamphlets outlining their manifesto to the electorate.
Caption: Police Minister Bheki Cele receiving a mask from Edendale Spar Manager Ray Moodley during his walkabout on Monday.
He made the call at a press conference after a walkabout with Minister of Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs Datuk Alexander Nanta Linggi at a supermarket in The Spring Shopping Mall here yesterday.
Bottle openers and corkscrews tend to go walkabout during big parties, so bring this Kikkerland Vintage Copper Bottle Opener as a simple, pretty backup option.
Common combinations with walkabout
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- on walkabout 4×
- walkabout in 4×
- the walkabout 3×
- walkabout during 3×
- his walkabout 2×