Antonyms for strolling
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : strohl |
| Phonetic Transcription : stroÊŠl |
Definition of strolling
Origin :- c.1600, a cant word introduced from the Continent, probably from dialectal German strollen, variant of German strolchen "to stroll, loaf," from strolch "vagabond, vagrant," also "fortuneteller," perhaps from Italian astrologo "astrologer." Related: Strolled; strolling. The noun is 1814, from the verb.
- verb walk along lazily
- Lorenzi and the Marchesa were strolling in the dusk across the greensward.
- Extract from : « Casanova's Homecoming » by Arthur Schnitzler
- He went by Fulham and Putney, for the pleasure of strolling over the heath.
- Extract from : « Little Dorrit » by Charles Dickens
- "Tell me some of them," said Vernon, strolling along by her side.
- Extract from : « The Incomplete Amorist » by E. Nesbit
- I had bathed and breakfasted, and was strolling on the bright quays.
- Extract from : « The Uncommercial Traveller » by Charles Dickens
- Strolling along the sands one day, he observed a stranded cuttlefish.
- Extract from : « Self-Help » by Samuel Smiles
- Maurice devoted the afternoon of the 21st to strolling about the camp in search of news.
- Extract from : « The Downfall » by Emile Zola
- Like his father, he felt a dislike for taverns and Sunday strolling.
- Extract from : « The Fortune of the Rougons » by Emile Zola
- Now he was strolling out to have a pipe, and to see what we were about.
- Extract from : « Brighter Britain! (Volume 1 of 2) » by William Delisle Hay
- "Nice boy, Tommy," said East, shoving his hands into his pockets and strolling to the fire.
- Extract from : « Tom Brown at Rugby » by Thomas Hughes
- Ah, if only he were strolling along the Boulevards, looking into this face and that!
- Extract from : « The Destroyer » by Burton Egbert Stevenson
Synonyms for strolling
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