walkabout
noun
walk·about
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Definition of walkabout
1
: a short period of wandering bush life engaged in by an Australian aborigine as an occasional interruption of regular work
—often used in the phrase go walkabout the man who went walkabout was making a ritual journey— Bruce Chatwin
2
: something (such as a journey) similar to a walkabout
3
: a walking tour
especially, British
: one in which a well-known person mingles with the public
went walkabout in the streets