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Antonyms for gallivant

Grammar : Verb
Spell : gal-uh-vant, gal-uh-vant
Phonetic Transcription : ˈgæl əˌvænt, ˌgæl əˈvænt

Definition of gallivant

Origin :
  • 1809, probably a playful elaboration of gallant in an obsolete verbal sense of "play the gallant, flirt, gad about." Related: Gallivanted; gallivanting.
  • Young Lobski said to his ugly wife,"I'm off till to-morrow to fish, my life;"Says Mrs. Lobski, "I'm sure you a'nt",But you brute you are going to gallivant."What Mrs. Lobski said was right,Gay Mr. Lobski was out all night.He ne'er went to fish, 'tis known very wellBut where he went I shall not tell.["Songs from the Exile," in "Literary Panorama," London, 1809]
  • verb run around, gad about
Example sentences :
  • The next day Mr. Gallivant was at his office bright and early.
  • Extract from : « Tin-Types Taken in the Streets of New York » by Lemuel Ely Quigg
  • In the mean time, Mr. Gallivant had returned to his law office.
  • Extract from : « Tin-Types Taken in the Streets of New York » by Lemuel Ely Quigg
  • In an instant Mr. Gallivant was all repose—all serenity and ease.
  • Extract from : « Tin-Types Taken in the Streets of New York » by Lemuel Ely Quigg
  • In fact, what he wanted her to do, he said, was to gallivant—to gallivant all day long.
  • Extract from : « Miss Billy Married » by Eleanor H. Porter
  • She's needed here and ain't got no call to gallivant off to New York and beyont with a strange man, beauty or no beauty.
  • Extract from : « Rose of Old Harpeth » by Maria Thompson Daviess
  • But when fortune favored him, Mr. Gallivant didn't bother with musty old law books.
  • Extract from : « Tin-Types Taken in the Streets of New York » by Lemuel Ely Quigg
  • He put his soul into it, and when Mr. Gallivant's soul got into anything it straightway began to hum.
  • Extract from : « Tin-Types Taken in the Streets of New York » by Lemuel Ely Quigg
  • Mr. Gallivant's soul was in many respects similar to a Corliss engine.
  • Extract from : « Tin-Types Taken in the Streets of New York » by Lemuel Ely Quigg
  • Mr. Gallivant slid into his overcoat, prinked up his scarlet tie, and walked breezily into Wall Street.
  • Extract from : « Tin-Types Taken in the Streets of New York » by Lemuel Ely Quigg
  • "Oh, I've been around," answered Mr. Gallivant, with a general wave of the hand.
  • Extract from : « Tin-Types Taken in the Streets of New York » by Lemuel Ely Quigg

Synonyms for gallivant

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