amble
/ˈæm.bəl/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 2.30 in modern English
9
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
An easy gait, especially that of a horse.
verb
Of a quadruped: to move along by using both legs on one side, and then the other.
Intransitive verb
name
A town, harbour, and civil parish with a town council in Northumberland, England (OS grid ref NU2604).
name
A minor river in Cornwall, England, which flows into the River Camel estuary (OS grid ref SW9974).
name
An unincorporated community in Winfield Township, Montcalm County, Michigan, United States.
Example Sentences
- "slow amble"
- "casual amble"
- "The little man was ambling along in the middle of the street, looking around him with an expression of keen interest."
- "amble through the park"
- "They decided to amble along the beach at sunset."
- "Tourists ambled through the narrow streets of the old town."
Etymology
From Middle English amblen, from Old French ambler (“walk as a horse does”), from Old Occitan amblar, from Latin ambulō (“to walk”). Doublet of ambulate.