Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

go walkabout

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.51 in modern English

Syllables: go walk-a-bout
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To go missing from its usual place; to be lost or stolen.

Australian usage; British usage; Colloquial

verb

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see go, walkabout.

Example Sentences

"The paper shredder seems to have gone walkabout."
"You could almost hear him shout 'Geronimo'. It was bound to end in tears. Sure enough when his owner had let him go walkabout on the kitchen table he had taken his chance, raced for the edge, and made his own giant leap for hamsterkind."

Usage

Inflected Forms

goes walkabout (present, singular) going walkabout (participle, present) went walkabout (past) gone walkabout (participle, past)

Frequently Paired Words

AWOL

Synonyms

go walkies

Questions

What does go walkabout mean?: To go missing from its usual place; to be lost or stolen.

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