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road-tripping

verb

present participle of road-trip
as in migrating

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for road-tripping
  1. migrating
  2. wandering
  3. gallivanting
  4. hopping
  5. roaming
  6. roving
  7. traipsing
  8. touring
Verb
  • Native American groups have argued that the construction could inhibit their ability to practice their faith and is damaging important religious sites while environmentalists worry the wall will cause flooding or keep animals from migrating.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 14 Sep. 2026
  • In California, for example, rice farmers are paid to flood their fields during key weeks of the year, for the use of migrating birds.
    — Rivka Galchen, New Yorker, 14 Sep. 2026
Definition of migrating
Verb
  • That uncanny feeling of wandering through left-behind cities has made for its own niche tourist appeal, and natural elements that overtake these towns in the absence of human residents add another layer of intrigue.
    — Charlotte Collins, Architectural Digest, 15 Sep. 2026
  • Marietta police have charged the 22-year-old caregiver of a 3-year-old boy found wandering alone on a road on Monday afternoon.
    — Dan Raby, CBS News, 15 Sep. 2026
Definition of wandering
Verb
  • First stop was Balthazar, where Chanel was fêting their new Coco fragrance before gallivanting off to hotspot Sophie’s in the East Village.
    — Irene Kim, Vogue, 17 Sep. 2026
  • Buyers were interested but worried about the optics of a show revolving around two wealthy, gallivanting white guys.
    — Gary Baum, HollywoodReporter, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of gallivanting
Verb
  • And there’s perhaps no better way to experience it than hopping on the rails for a ride through Colorado with the Broadmoor Manitou and Pikes Peak Cog Railway.
    — Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 5 Sep. 2026
  • And if the couple decides to live a nomadic life, hopping from mansion to mansion, Farlow said thousands of years of Samoyed breeding should come in handy.
    — David Mack, CNN Money, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of hopping
Verb
  • Colorado officials report twice as many bear sightings and conflicts with humans this year compared with the average, including bears roaming where they aren't normally found.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 8 Sep. 2026
  • But for some odd reason, cats just are not viewed in the same way, especially free-roaming cats.
    — Adam Tschorn, Los Angeles Times, 8 Sep. 2026
Definition of roaming
Verb
  • The lawsuit also sought to block roving patrols making stops and arrests based solely on race, language and occupation, and to protect access to counsel rights for people in detention.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 18 Sep. 2026
  • Sally knocks Ian out with a blunt object, and the sisters go roving through the overgrown woods separating them from Lockland Manor.
    — Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 11 Sep. 2026
Definition of roving
Verb
  • Not every international game sees teams traipsing around the city.
    — Matt Barrows, New York Times, 10 Sep. 2026
  • Pictures from trail cameras even show the cat traipsing through falling snow in the Santa Rita Mountains.
    — Sarah Henry, AZCentral.com, 5 Sep. 2026
Definition of traipsing
Verb
  • North Korean state media photos showed the girl dressed in a white dress and blazer walking alongside her father on a red carpet, touring the warship and posing with sailors together.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 6 Sep. 2026
  • Lizzie and O’Neil also drifted apart as the actress continued touring with her theater company.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 4 Sep. 2026
Definition of touring
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