amble

verb am·ble \ ˈam-bəl \

Updated on: 13 Apr 2018

Definition of amble

ambled; ambling play \-b(ə-)liŋ\

intransitive verb

: to go at or as if at an easy gait : saunter

spent the day ambling through the park

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ambler

play \-b(ə-)lər\ noun

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Examples of amble in a Sentence

We ambled along as we talked.
They ambled down the road.

Recent Examples of amble from the Web

After ambling around for a half-hour, Sedgwick spots a white-and-green U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) truck bumping up and down in a cloud of dust.

— lauren etter, Bloomberg.com, "America’s Virtual Border Wall Is a 1,954-Mile-Long Money Pit," 9 Apr. 2018
For now, Qian Qian is ambling about in a wild-like enclosure.

— maya wei-haas, Smithsonian, "The Science Behind the Unbearably Cute IMAX Movie “Pandas”," 6 Apr. 2018
This isn’t Rogen’s first time ambling adjacent to Trumpworld.

— yohana desta, HWD, "Seth Rogen: Stormy Daniels Told Me About the Trump Affair Years Ago," 3 Apr. 2018
After an ambling start, Wolitzer hits her pace when a horrific tragedy occurs.

— patty rhule, USA TODAY, "Meg Wolitzer is having a Me Too moment with timely new novel, 'The Female Persuasion'," 2 Apr. 2018
Seemingly frozen in time, Burlington Arcade is easily one of the top Mayfair streets to amble through.

— tom marchant, Harper's BAZAAR, "103 Things to Do, See, Eat and Shop in London," 7 Dec. 2017
During the string of fast breaks and dunks to build a lead the Bulldogs couldn't touch, Hamilton ambled up and down the sideline.

— nathan fenno, latimes.com, "As its coach calmly watches, Florida State upsets Gonzaga to continue tourney run," 23 Mar. 2018
Then amble across the street to a bench at LoPresti Park for glittery skyline views.

— BostonGlobe.com, "30 great dates in Boston and beyond," 22 Mar. 2018
In total, residents can make use of 33 rooms and amble over 20 acres of lush, rolling meadow.

— rachel tepper paley, Bloomberg.com, "A Belgian Castle Famously Painted by Peter Paul Rubens Is for Sale," 26 Feb. 2018

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Origin and Etymology of amble

Middle English, from Anglo-French ambler, from Latin ambulare to walk, from ambi- + -ulare (verb base akin to Middle Welsh el he may go, Greek ēlythe he went) — more at elastic

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First Known Use: 14th century

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