Английский Этимологический словарь - gallivant
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Gallivant
gallivant
- 1819, playful elaboration of gallant in an obsolete verbal sense of "play the gallant, flirt, gad about."
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~ v informal or humorous to spend time enjoying yourself and going from place to place for pleasure (gallivant about/around) (She spent six months gallivanting around Europe.) ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
2.
(gallivants, gallivanting, gallivanted) Someone who is gallivanting around goes to a lot of different places looking for amusement and entertainment. (OLD-FASHIONED) A girl’s place is in the home, not gallivanting around and filling her head with nonsense. = gad VERB: V prep/adv, also V ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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also galavant intransitive verb Etymology: perhaps alteration of 3gallant Date: 1823 1. to go about usually ostentatiously or indiscreetly with members of the opposite sex 2. to travel, roam, or move about for pleasure ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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1. флиртовать, заигрывать; ухаживать; бегать за женщингами; кокетничать с мужчинами 2. слоняться, шататься to go gallivanting —- пускаться в разгул ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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v. 1) ухаживать, флиртовать 2) шляться, шататься, бродить (тж. gallivantabout/around/off) He just gallivants about instead of working. The mother has shown a poor sense of responsibility, often gallivanting off somewhere and leaving the children on their own. ...Англо-русский словарь
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