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Impertinence shown by terrible old ruler - time to run around
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gallivant
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Word definitions for gallivant in dictionaries
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"gad about, spend time in frivolous pleasure-seeking, especially with the opposite sex," 1809, of uncertain origin, perhaps a playful elaboration of gallant in an obsolete verbal sense of "play the gallant, flirt, gad about." Related: Gallivanted ; gallivanting ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
vb. (context intransitive English) To roam about for pleasure without any definite plan.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Gallivant \Gal"li*vant\, v. i. [From Gallant .] To play the beau; to wait upon the ladies; also, to roam about for pleasure without any definite plan. [Slang] --Dickens.
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
verb EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Is that what you tell your patients, to go dancing and gallivanting around just after breaking a hip? ▪ Would you have her dragged up by a succession of au pairs and housekeepers while you went gallivanting all over the world?
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
v. wander aimlessly in search of pleasure [syn: gad , jazz around ]
Usage examples of gallivant.
Inwardly he was scolding himself fiercely, even as Wexler and Shelby gallivanted in the surf.
Odclay the jester would gather the names up, gallivanting and japing as he did so, and then the king with great ceremony read each of the names accompanied by much cheering.