Crossword clues for saunter
saunter
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Saunter \Saun"ter\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Sauntered; p. pr. & vb. n. Sauntering.] [Written also santer.] [Probably fr. F. s'aventurer to adventure (one's self), through a shortened form s'auntrer. See Adventure, n. & v.] To wander or walk about idly and in a leisurely or lazy manner; to lounge; to stroll; to loiter.
One could lie under elm trees in a lawn, or saunter in
meadows by the side of a stream.
--Masson.
Syn: To loiter; linger; stroll; wander.
Saunter \Saun"ter\, n. A sauntering, or a sauntering place.
That wheel of fops, that saunter of the town.
--Young.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
late 15c., santren "to muse, be in reverie," of uncertain origin despite many absurd speculations. Meaning "walk with a leisurely gait" is from 1660s, and may be a different word. Klein suggests this sense of the word derives via Anglo-French sauntrer (mid-14c.) from French s'aventurer "to take risks," but OED finds this "unlikely." Related: Sauntered; sauntering.\n
"a leisurely stroll," 1828, from saunter (v.). Earlier it meant "idle occupation, diversion" (1728).
Wiktionary
n. 1 A leisurely walk or stroll. 2 A leisurely pace. 3 (context obsolete English) A place for sauntering or strolling. vb. To stroll, or walk at a leisurely pace
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Usage examples of "saunter".
The older apprentice, Charlie, sauntered into their office, whistling a tune, and smiling cheekily at the two women.
No sooner had she stopped, than Charlie, the older apprentice, appeared from the front of the garage, sauntered across the ground between the garage and the road, and casually climbed into the passenger seat of the expensive car.
They sauntered down the hillside, Titek chattering happily and Aisha indulging him with polite and informative answers, pitted by only the occasional barbless bolt of sarcasm.
Cynthia Bessant sauntered over to the sofa and joined him there, proffering a smile.
As Bester vanished along the below-ground ramp, he sauntered towards a solid bench planted a hundred yards away.
Smiling, handsomely clad in a red silk shirt and a black suede jerkin laced with scarlet cord, Melder sauntered up to inspect his prize.
Finally, finally, the lion turned away, a leisurely saunter of dignity and grace, conceding nothing, certainly not defeat, as he strolled through the open door to the moonscape beyond.
Sir George sauntered forth from the doorway where he had been standing, and begged us to dismount, but the patroon declined, saying that we had far to ride ere sundown, and that one of us should go around by Broadalbin.
The droid who could pass as a woman sauntered past Wumdi the Etti and Perit the Mon Calamari.
Prince of Wales sauntered forth from the clutch of bosom-buddy scallywags Robin had elected to spend his sixteenth birthday with.
Casually, Charley sauntered down to the end of the street of square two-story adobe buildings on which he lived, looked in every direction, ducked into the old kiva to pick up the tortillas and the canteen, and ran off into the scrubby underbrush that bordered the pueblo.
They recalled the hot morning, when they sauntered over the trodden weed that covered the sickly grass-plots there, and sentimentalized the sweltering paupers who had crept out of the squalid tenements about for a breath of air after a sleepless night.
The half-breed Bob Sheephead sauntered over to where Hobie Evans was repairing a weak cinch strap.
He got out of his chair, not bothering to return it to its place near the shuttered window, and sauntered toward the door.
Rakoosh sauntered into her view and sped in front of her, one hand on his dagger.