stroll
noun/strəʊl/
/strəʊl/
- a slow relaxed walk
- We went for a stroll in the park.
- The beach is a leisurely ten-minute stroll away.
- They took a leisurely stroll along the river bank.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- little
- quick
- short
- …
- be out for
- enjoy
- go for
- …
- a stroll away
Word Originearly 17th cent. (in the sense ‘roam as a vagrant’): probably from German strollen, strolchen, from Strolch ‘vagabond’, of unknown ultimate origin.Want to learn more?
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