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amble

An amble is a leisurely, pleasurable walk. Care to take an amble down a pleasant country road instead of reading the rest of this word description? That would certainly be understandable.

You can use amble as either a noun meaning "a stroll" or as a verb meaning "to walk in a slow, leisurely way." You might decide to amble, or take an amble, on over to the snack table and grab a brownie. This word comes from the Latin ambulare, which means "to walk about," as in ambulatory. Weirdly enough, for a long time it was only used for horses or for those on horseback. We use it for people now, but it still retains some of its horse-like country feel.

DEFINITIONS OF: amble

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v walk leisurely

Synonyms:
mosey
Type of:
walk
use one's feet to advance; advance by steps

n a leisurely walk (usually in some public place)

Synonyms:
perambulation, promenade, saunter, stroll
Types:
meander, ramble
an aimless amble on a winding course
walkabout
a public stroll by a celebrity to meet people informally
Type of:
walk
the act of walking somewhere
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