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Stroller

Definition: Stroller

Stroller

Noun

1. Someone who walks at a leisurely pace.

2. A small carriage in which a baby or child is pushed around.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "stroller" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1613. (references)


Specialty Definition: Stroller

DomainDefinition

Medicine

A usually collapsible chair-shaped carriage in which a small child may be wheeled. Source: European Union. (references)
 A four-wheel. . . folding carriage designed as a chair in which a baby may be pushed. Source: European Union. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Synonyms: Stroller

Synonyms: ambler (n), baby buggy (n), baby carriage (n), go-cart (n), perambulator (n), pram (n), pushchair (n), pusher (n), saunterer (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Stroller

English words defined with "stroller": Circler. (references)
Specialty definitions using "stroller": BABY-STROLLER AND WHEELCHAIR RENTAL CLERKstroller rental clerkwheelchair and baby-stroller rental clerk. (references)
Etymologies containing "stroller": Circler. (references)

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Modern Usage: Stroller

DomainUsage

Lyrics

Steamroller, midnight stroller (Hair Of The Dog; performing artist: Nazareth)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Stroller

DomainTitle

Books

  • Baby Faces Stroller Book (reference)

  • Dekok and the Dying Stroller (reference)

  • Dump Truck Stroller Book (reference)

  • Easywalks in Israel: Dozens of Family Outings, Historical Sites and Nature Trips: Includes 16 Wheelchair and Stroller Accessible Walks (reference)

  • Kitten Stroller Book (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Music

  

Consumer Goods

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: Stroller

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Photo Album: Stroller

ThumbnailDescription & Credit

Two contact sheets showing individual views of two men (see E8-R266), entrance to Mathies Mine, young men seated on steps of the U.S. Post Office at Fourth Ave., a young couple with twins in a stroller, and construction workers setting up scaffolding for. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Expression: Stroller

Hypenated Usage

Ending with "stroller": baby-stroller.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Stroller

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

stroller

2,439

baby trend stroller

85

baby stroller

1,142

stroller accessory

83

jogging stroller

873

sit n stand stroller

81

double stroller

752

triplet stroller

81

graco stroller

535

evenflo stroller

80

maclaren stroller

394

discount stroller

79

umbrella stroller

344

graco double stroller

78

combi stroller

298

double umbrella stroller

75

twin stroller

249

chicco stroller

72

peg perego stroller

202

double baby stroller

69

double jogging stroller

195

stroller travel system

68

jeep stroller

142

doll stroller

63

sit and stand stroller

124

schwinn stroller

62

instep stroller

115

aprica stroller

62

triple stroller

109

graco baby stroller

61

tandem stroller

109

stroller car seat

59

zooper stroller

105

inglesina stroller

56

eddie bauer stroller

104

instep jogging stroller

49

jogger stroller

96

century stroller

48

cosco stroller

90

bertini stroller

48
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Stroller

Language Translations for "stroller"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Afrikaans

  

wandelaar, voetslaner, stapper. (various references)

   

Albanian

  

shëtitës (ambulant, ambulatory, itinerant, peripatetic, rambler, Ranger, rangy, strolling, traveling, travelling, walking), karrocë fëmijësh (baby carriage, perambulator, praam, pram, pushcart), endacak (bum, errant, gadabout, gadder, gipsy, goer, gypsy, hobo, landloper, nomad, prowler, Ranger, rangy, rover, runabout, runagate, sansculotte, staggerer, tramp, vagabond, vagrant, wanderer, wandering). (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏عربة أطفال (baby carriage, go cart, perambulator, pram), ‏المتجول المتشرد. (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

странствуващ музикант, странствуващ артист, разхождащ се човек (saunterer), детска спортна количка (go cart). (various references)

   

Chinese 

  

婴"推车. (various references)

   

Czech

  

tulák (beachcomber, dosser, drifter, gadabout, hobo, itinerant, landloper, landraker, prowler, rambler, Ranger, rogue, rover, tramp, vagabond, vagrant, wanderer, wayfarer), golfové pole. (various references)

   

Danish

  

promenadevogn (pushchair), klapvogn (pushchair), barnevogn (pram, pushchair). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

wandelaar (walker). (various references)

   

Esperanto

  

promenanto. (various references)

   

Farsi 

  

پرسه زن (Loiter, Loiterer), قدم زن . (various references)

   

French

  

promeneur, poussette. (various references)

   

Frisian

  

kuierder. (various references)

   

German

  

Spaziergänger (strollers, Walker), sportwagen (baby-stroller, pushchair, roadster, roadsters, runabout, sport car, sports car), Bummler (dawdler, drifter, drifters, Idler, johnny, laggards, loafer, loafers, truant). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

καροτσάκι για νήπια (pushchair), καροτσάκι βρέφουσ (perambulator, pram), περιπατητήσ (promenader). (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

משוטט (gadabout, globetrotter, hiker, prowler, rambler, rambling, vagabond, vagrant, wanderer), מטיל (excursionist, hiker, rambler), ע'לת יל"ים (baby carriage, perambulator, pram). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

sétáló (promenader, strolling, Walker), ténfergõ. (various references)

   

Italian

  

passeggino (buggy, pushchair). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

ベニヤ板 (baby, baby bed, baby boom, baby doll, baby face, baby oil, baby powder, baby-sitter, basinette, behemoth, benefit, crib, play pen, plywood, unlicensed child care, Venetian blind, Venetian glass). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

ベ"ーカー . (various references)

   

Korean 

  

모차. (various references)

   

Manx

  

wagaantagh (ramble, rambling, stroll, vagabond, vagrant), talkeyder (toddler), streel (drab, fancy woman, loiterer, lounger, scamp, spendthrift, vagabond, vamp, vamp woman), shooyllagh (peripatetic, roaming, vagrant, walking), rouailtagh (itinerant, nomad, nomadic, ranger, roamer, roaming, rover, roving, wanderer, wandering), riblas (tramp, vagabond). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

ollerstray

   

Portuguese

  

vagabundo (bum, cornerman, down-and-out, gadabout, gadder, hobo, landloper, landlouper, lazybones, maverick, planetary, prowler, rambling, ranger, rover, rowdy, runabout, strolling, tramp, vagabond, vagrant, waif, wanderer, wandering, wastrel, woodward), vadio (apache, bohemian, bummer, cadger, gadder, highbinder, hood, hoodlum, hooligan, landloper, landlouper, lazy, loafer, loon, lounger, peddlar, ranger, rowdy, ruffian, runabout, scourer, slothful, sluggard, vagabond, vagrant, woodward), passeador, ator ambulante, andarilho (goer, hiker, pedestrian), andador. (various references)

   

Romanian

  

persoanã care se plimbã, muzicant ambulant (vagrant musician), actor ambulant. (various references)

   

Russian 

  

легкая детская коляска, бродяга (bum, derelict, dosser, drifter, drummer, gadabout, gadder, hobo, landloper, landlouper, maverick, nomad, prowler, rambler, rogue, runabout, runagate, sundowner, tramp, tramper, vagabond, vagrant), прогуливающийся. (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

dubak (go cart, walker), šetač (walker). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

paseante (perambulator, straggler, Walker). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

flanör (flaneur, Idler, loafer). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

katlanır bebek arabası, gezginci (peripatetic, rover, roving, wanderer), bebek arabası (baby carriage, go cart), avare (dawdler, dosser, drifter, good-for-nothing, idle, idled, rover, straggler, straggling, straggly, strayed, vagabond, vagrant, wanderer, wandering, yob). (various references)

   

Ukrainian

  

мандрівний актор (barm-stormer), бродяга (abraham-man, bush-whacker, drummer, gadabout, hobo, loafer, needy, nomad, prowler, rambler, runabout, runagate, tourist, tramp, vagabond, vagrant, waif), перехожий (passer by). (various references)

   

Vietnamese 

  

người đi tản bộ người hát rong kẻ lang thang, người đi dạo. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Stroller

Derivations

Words beginning with "stroller": strollers. (additional references)


Misspellings

"Stroller" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Serolla, Serraller, Stoleru, straller, strole, strolley, Stroulger, Truller. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Stroller"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "stroller" (pronounced strō"ler)
5-t r ō" l erComptroller, controller.
4-r ō" l erroller.
3-ō" l erbipolar, bolar, bowler, polar, solar, tolar, Toller.

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: Stroller

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: trollers.

Words within the letters "e-l-l-o-r-r-s-t"

-1 letter: rerolls, rollers, tollers, troller.

-2 letters: ostler, reroll, resort, retros, roller, roster, sorrel, sorter, sterol, stroll, toller, trolls.

-3 letters: lores, losel, loser, orles, retro, roles, rolls, roset, rotes, rotls, sorel, sorer, stole, store, tells, telos, toles, tolls, tores, torse, troll.

-4 letters: ells, eros, errs, erst, lest, lets, lore, lose, lost, lots, oles, ores, orle, orts.

 Words containing the letters "e-l-l-o-r-r-s-t"
 

+1 letter: rostellar, strollers.

 

+2 letters: patrollers.

 

+3 letters: controllers, forestaller, foretellers, ritornellos, rototillers, steamroller, storyteller, trelliswork.

 

+4 letters: comptrollers, dorsolateral, forestallers, irresolutely, orchestrally, petrodollars, steamrollers, storytellers, trellisworks.

 

+5 letters: floricultures, steamrollered, tellurometers.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Modern
5. Usage: Commercial
6. Images: Slideshow
7. Images: Photo Album
8. Expressions
9. Expressions: Internet
10. Translations: Modern
11. Derivations
12. Rhymes
13. Anagrams
14. Bibliography


  

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