stroll
pronunciation
How to pronounce stroll in British English:
UK [strəʊl]
How to pronounce stroll in American English:
US [stroʊl]
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- Noun:
- a leisurely walk (usually in some public place)
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- Verb:
- walk leisurely and with no apparent aim
Word Origin
- stroll (v.)
- c. 1600, a cant word introduced from the Continent, probably from dialectal German strollen, variant of Swiss German strolchen "to stroll about, loaf," from Strolch "vagabond, vagrant," also "fortuneteller," perhaps from Italian astrologo "astrologer." Related: Strolled; strolling.
- stroll (n.)
- 1753, from stroll (v.).
Example
- 1. It was , for a brief time , a brisk stroll into the future .
- 2. Stroll through athens of an evening and the signs of economic distress are obvious .
- 3. This is famous weather for a stroll .
- 4. Indian couples , chinese tour groups and vacationing russian families stroll around the city .
- 5. A 15-minute stroll can halve the amount of chocolate that workers eat , researchers claim , even in stressful situations .