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variants also galavanting

gallivanting

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verb

variants also galavanting
present participle of gallivant

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of gallivanting
Verb
Returning principal cast Meryl Streep, Anne Hathaway, Stanley Tucci and Emily Blunt were all spot gallivanting around famed city haunts, including the Met, which transformed its exterior to host a Gala-esque fete appearing in the sequel. Natalie Oganesyan, Deadline, 4 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for gallivanting
Adjective
  • In reverse, it’s not lost on this viewer how the displacement of so many humans in this time of global disruption is humanity’s own version of being subject to the migratory patterns of storks and other nomadic animals.
    Christian Blauvelt, IndieWire, 29 Aug. 2025
  • As the country modernized, nomadic lifestyles were largely replaced with more settled, urbanized ways of living—so the symbolism woven into felting designs began to hold less significance in everyday life.
    Annie Daly, Vogue, 20 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • The 300-second exposure shows the wandering solar system body as a minute dot, barely distinguishable among the stellar giants populating the distant starfield beyond.
    Anthony Wood, Space.com, 1 Sep. 2025
  • Fuel up for a day of wandering with a coffee at Dripolator.
    Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 1 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Roger Naylor shares 10 favorite Arizona destinations from his 50 years of rambling here.
    Roger Naylor, AZCentral.com, 29 Aug. 2025
  • As Minneapolis reels from the shooting, officials are combing through Westman’s rambling writings – which the shooter shared in YouTube videos timed to go online around the same time as the attack – to search for a motive.
    Allison Gordon, CNN Money, 28 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • The park service reminded the public to wear a life jacket when swimming, floating, fishing or boating on the Delaware River.
    Stephen Sorace, FOXNews.com, 4 Sep. 2025
  • School shootings are an obvious one, made explicitly so by Archer seeing a giant AK-47 with the number 217 in red floating above a house.
    Bill Goodykoontz, AZCentral.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The herd roaming the Gila Wilderness, however, is expected to be hunted in 1970 and 1971.
    Tim Kelly, Outdoor Life, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Katie Wiseman Many Hoosiers were surprised last month to learn that armadillos can be spotted roaming around southern Indiana.
    Katie Wiseman, IndyStar, 4 Sep. 2025

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“Gallivanting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gallivanting. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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