Stroll

Definition: Stroll

Stroll

Noun

1. A leisurely walk (usually in some public place).

Verb

1. Take a walk.

2. Walk leisurely and with no apparent aim.

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

Date "stroll" was first used: 1603. (references)

Synonyms: Stroll

Amusement

Dance; hop, reel, rigadoon, saraband, hornpipe, bolero, ballroom dance; minuet, waltz, polka, fox trot, tango, samba, rhumba, twist, stroll, hustle, cha-cha; fandango, cancan; bayadere; breakdown, cake-walk, cornwallis, break dancing; nautch-girl; shindig; skirtdance, stag dance, Virginia reel, square dance; galop, galopade; jig, Irish jig, fling, strathspey; allemande; gavot, gavotte, tarantella; mazurka, morisco, morris dance; quadrille; country dance, folk dance; cotillon, Sir Roger de Coverley; ballet; (drama); ball; bal, bal masque, bal costume; masquerade; Terpsichore.

Journey

Journey, excursion, expedition, tour, trip, grand tour, circuit, peregrination, discursion, ramble, pilgrimage, hajj, trek, course, ambulation, march, walk, promenade, stroll, saunter, tramp, jog trot, turn, stalk, perambulation; noctambulation, noctambulism; somnambulism; outing, ride, drive, airing, jaunt.

Flit, take wing; migrate, emigrate; trek; rove, prowl, roam, range, patrol, pace up and down, traverse; scour the country, traverse the country; peragrate; circumambulate, perambulate; nomadize, wander, ramble, stroll, saunter, hover, go one's rounds, straggle; gad, gad about; expatiate.

Crosswords: Stroll

Manx (gauze, satin).

Ipkiss! We have a crisis on our hands and you stroll in over an hour late (The Mask; writing credit: Michael Fallon; Mark Verheiden)

Now, come on, get your clothes on, and we'll stroll up to my car and get Oh, I'm sorry (It's a Wonderful Life; writing credit: Philip Van Doren Stern; Frances Goodrich)

If kid sis wants to grab a midnight stroll she's going to find a way to. I just thought she'd be safer with Big Bad looking over her shoulder (Buffy the Vampire Slayer; writing credit: Doreen Spicer)

Enough of this Sunday stroll (American Flyers; writing credit: Steve Tesich)

As we stroll along together (So Much In Love; performing artist: All-4-One)

You can stop and you can stroll it at the hop ("At the Hop"; performing artist: Danny & The Juniors)

The bomb weed stroll through in you hood (Forgot About Dre; performing artist: Dr. dre)

Ghetto Fab stroll through Cheetahs (Young'n; performing artist: Fabolous)

Stroll around the grounds until you feel at home (MRS. ROBINSON; performing artist: Simon and Garfunkel)

Out for a Stroll (1915)

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

Books

• A Stroll With Robert Service (reference)

• A Stroll With William James (reference)

• Bercy: LA Derniere Balade: A Farewell Stroll (reference)

• Flagstaff Historic Walk : A Stroll Through Old Downtown (reference)

• The Bronzeville Stroll (reference)

  (more book examples)

Music

• I Remember Chuck Willis/The King of the Stroll (reference)

• Midnight Stroll (reference)

• Spanish Stroll 1977-87 (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

Consumer Goods

• Sit 'n Stroll Car Seat/Stroller Combo (reference)

  (more baby examples; more wireless phone examples; more garden examples; more kitchen examples; more tool examples)

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

Lieutenant John Bortniak out for a stroll at the South Pole. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth.

First appearances are deceiving. This is a human being. Out for a night-time stroll at the South Pole. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth.

Hitler enjoys a stroll at his Bavarian chalet. Credit: Library of Congress.

Casablanca conference at Casablanca, French Morocco, Africa. Jan. 1943. Prime Minister Winston Churchill taking a stroll between his conferences with President Roosevelt and American officers. Credit: Library of Congress.

Summer stroll. Credit: Library of Congress.

Mary Roberts Rinehart, well known writer, snapped while out for a stroll with her favorite pet. Credit: Library of Congress.

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

Eric had gone for a stroll.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "stroll": go for a stroll ♦ he has gone for a stroll ♦ stroll about ♦ stroll abroad ♦ stroll around ♦ stroll away ♦ take a stroll. Additional references.

Beginning with "stroll": stroll-and-browse.

Afrikaans

wandel (go for a walk). (various references)

Albanian

shëtitje (jaunt, outing, promenade, ride, round, Sally, saunter, walk, walking), shëtit (air, have a walk, promenade, ramble, ride, stretch one's legs, toddle, walk, wander), shëtis (air, have a walk, promenade, ramble, ride, stretch one's legs, toddle, walk, wander), bie poshtë e lart. (various references)

Arabic 

‏تمشى, ‏تمش, ‏تنزه (hike, knock around, mosey, parade, perambulate, picnic, promenade, ramble, stretch one's legs, tramp, troll, walk), ‏تجول (gallivant, get about, knock about, move, peddle, ramble, swag, tour, wander, wandering), ‏جاب متمهلا. (various references)

Bulgarian 

разхождам се безцелно, разхождам се бавно (saunter), разходка (airing, blow, drive, outing, perambulation, promenade, ramble, ta-ta, tour, turn, walk). (various references)

Catalan

passejar (go for a walk). (various references)

Chinese 

脈搏 (pulse), 漫步 (Ambled, Ambling, Strolled, Strolling, Wander, Wandered, Wandering). (various references)

Czech

procházka (constitutional, jaunt, ramble, saunter, walk, wander), procházet se (go through, walk, wander), potulovat se (gad about, hover about, prowl, ramble, range, roam, rove, skulk, tramp, vagabond). (various references)

Danish

spadseretur (walk). (various references)

Dutch

wandeling (walk), wandelen (go for a walk, walk), tippel (walk). (various references)

Esperanto

promeni (go for a walk), promenado (walk). (various references)

Faeroese

spáka (go for a walk). (various references)

Farsi 

پرسه زنی (Truancy), قدم زنی , قدم زدن (Gait, Pace, Pad, Step, Stride, Traipse, Vamp), گردش (Canter, Circuit, Gyration, Hike, Jaunt, Meander, Movement, Operation, Period, Progress, Promenade, Race, Rev, Roll, Trip, Twirl, Wrest). (various references)

Finnish

vaeltaa (migrate, roam, walk, wander, wander about), vaellus (migration, rambling, wandering), olla kävelyllä (be out taking a walk, go for a walk), kulkea (go, pass, ramble, travel, walk), kuljeksia (ramble, roam, rove, wander), käyskennellä (wander), kävely (walk), astella (pace, step, walk). (various references)

French

promenade (stretch), se promener (stretch one's legs). (various references)

Frisian

kuierje (go for a walk, to walk). (various references)

German

Spaziergang (child's play, doddle, perambulator, promenade, walk, walkover, wander), spazieren (go for a walk, strut, to stroll, walk), schlendern (amble, meander, roam, saunter, to amble, to saunter, to stroll, wander), bummeln (dally, dawdle, dilly dally, gallivant, goof, hang around, idle, idle about, idle around, loiter, poke about, poke around, roam, saunter, slack, take it easy, to stroll, wander). (various references)

Greek 

σεριανώ, σουλατσάρω (amble, lounge about, saunter, walk about), βόλτα (ride, walk), πηγαίνω βόλτα, περιπατώ (amble, ambulate, perambulate, promenade, promenaded, walk), περίπατοσ (constitutional, perambulation, promenade, ramble, saunter, walk, walking), χώρος μεταξύ δύο ζωνών υπολειμμάτων (lane), τσάρκα. (various references)

Hebrew 

להלך בנחת, להתהלך (go about, promenade, walk), לטיל טיול קצר. (various references)

Hungarian

séta (jog, outing, perambulation, ramble, saunter, walk, walking), kószálás (dawdling, prowl, ramble, rambling, ramblings, roam, roaming, rove, rovingness, saunter), sétál (go for a walk, have a walk, ramble, saunter, stretch one's legs, to dander, to exercise, to go for a walk, to go on the loose, to perambulate, to promenade, to ramble, to stroll, to take a walk, to take the air, to walk, to walk the streets, walk). (various references)

Indonesian

jalan-jalan (jog), berjalan (walk). (various references)

Italian

passeggiare (perambulate, prom, promenade, take a walk, walk). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

逍遙 (walk), 漫ろ歩き , 散歩　 (walk), 散歩 (walk). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

そぞろあるき, しょうよう (admiration, business purpose, calm, composure, exalting, extolling, for business, on business, praise, ramble, saunter, trifling matter, urination, urine, walk, wandering), さんぽ (walk). (various references)

Korean 

산책하십시요. (various references)

Manx

walkal (fulling, to the full, tuck, waulk, waulk cloth), wagaantagh (ramble, rambling, stroller, vagabond, vagrant), wagaanagh, trudley (straggle), truddyl, talkal (strolling, toddle, walking slowly). (various references)

Norwegian

spasertur (walk), spasere (go for a walk). (various references)

Pig Latin

ollstray.(various references)

Polish

spacerować (go for a walk). (various references)

Portuguese

volta (bend, bent, circuit, detour, dog-collar, gyre, jaunt, meander, regress, return, revolution, round, roundabout, slue, spire, sweep, tour, turn, turnabout, turning, twiddle, twirl, twist, wimple, winding), pequeno passeio, passeio (causeway, causey, crosswalk, footpath, footway, jaunt, mall, out, outing, pavement, perambulation, promenade, ramble, ride, roam, run, saunter, scramble, sidewalk, tour, trip, tripping, walk, walkway, wandering), passear (perambulate, promenade, saunter, toddle, walk, wander), giro (circuit, gyre, meander, slue, spin, tour, twiddle, whirl, winding), entre-cortes (lane), dê uma volta. (various references)

Romanian

se plimba (go for a walk, pace, perambulate, promenade, tread, walk, walk upon). (various references)

Russian 

гулять (go on a bat, walk), погулять (take a walk). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

šetnja (outing, promenade, saunter, tramp, walk), šetati se (saunter, walk), šetati (walk). (various references)

Spanish

sorrapeo (lane), paseo (alley, constitutional, corridor, crossing, drive, excursion, expedition, gut, junket, Mall, outing, passage, perambulation, promenade, public walking, ride, row, sail, Sally, saunter, spin, tour, trip, walk, walking, wander), pasearse (drive, foresight, go for a walk, mosey, parade up and down, promenade, ramble, saunter, stroke, walk, walk about, walk around, walking, wander), gandulear (hack around, have a good mike, idle, loaf, loiter, lounge, lounge about, lounge around, skive, slack), dar un paseo (foreskin, go for a walk, take a walk, toddle, travel, walk), andar (carry, come off, footing, function, get along, get up, go, go about, go around, hang about, hang around, home in on, lark, live, pad, perambulate, tough, tramp, trip, walk, wend one's way). (various references)

Sranan

koyri (go for a walk). (various references)

Swedish

promenera (go for a walk, hike, promenade, walk), promenad (esplanade, perambulation, promenade, saunter, walk, walkabout, walking, wander), ströva (drift, ramble, straggle, stray). (various references)

Turkish

gezinti (airing, excursion, hike, jaunt, outing, prom, promenade, ride, run, Sally, trip, walk, walking tour), gezinmek (bat around, get around, go for a stroll, go for a walk, hang about, hang around, mosey, perambulate, promenade, roam, rove, rove about, stray, take a stroll, take a walk, walk about, walk around, wander, wander about), dolaşmak (air oneself, bat around, be afloat, become tangled, browse around, circuit, circulate, float, flow, go about, go around, go for a jaunt, go for a stroll, go for a walk, go on a jaunt, hike, itinerate, jaunt, jauntiness, kink, knot, look round, mat, mosey, perambulate, range, roam, rove, stray, take a stroll, take a walk, travel, walk, walk about, walk around, wander), ağır ağır gezinmek. (various references)

Turkmen 

seяran e, gezim, gezende, gezelenз etmek (go for a walk), gezelenз. (various references)

Ukrainian

мандрувати з виставами, прогулюватися (promenade, ride out, saunter, walk about), прогулянка (airing, outleap, promenade, ramble, ride, round, saunter, tour). (various references)

Vietnamese 

sự đi tản bộ, sự đi dạo (constitutional, deambulation). (various references)

Welsh

rhodio (walk), rhodianna. (various references)

Yucatec

ximbal (go, go for a walk). (various references)

ambulare. (various references)

astrologo. (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "stroll": strolled, stroller, strollers, strolling, strolls. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Stroll" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Estroil, schroll, Serolla, Sgriol, stoll, storll, strail, strobl, strole, stryll, sttol. (additional references)

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

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: trolls.

-1 letter: rolls, rotls, tolls, troll.

-2 letters: lost, lots, orts, roll, rotl, rots, slot, sort, toll, tors.

-3 letters: lot, ors, ort, rot, sol, sot, tor.

-4 letters: lo, or, os, so, to.

+1 letter: strolls, tollers.

+2 letters: drollest, outrolls, pollster, reallots, rollouts, rostella, solleret, strolled, stroller, tollbars, trollers, trolleys, trollies, trollops.

+3 letters: allostery, allotters, balloters, bellworts, cloistral, collarets, collators, colostral, extollers, fellators, forestall, foretells, hosteller, littorals, lordliest, martellos, pollsters, polluters, preallots, rostellar, rostellum, rostrally, rototills, shortfall, sollerets, steamroll, stillborn, stillroom, strollers, strolling, tonsillar, tornillos, tortillas, trillions, trollings, ultraslow.