Definition of walkabout
1
: a short period of wandering bush life engaged in by an Australian aborigine as an occasional interruption of regular work
—often used in the phrase go walkabout
- the man who went walkabout was making a ritual journey
- —Bruce Chatwin
2
: something (such as a journey) similar to a walkabout
3
: a walking tour;
especially, British
: one in which a well-known person mingles with the public
- went walkabout in the streets
