saunter
verb/ˈsɔːntə(r)/
/ˈsɔːntər/
[intransitive]Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they saunter | /ˈsɔːntə(r)/ /ˈsɔːntər/ |
| he / she / it saunters | /ˈsɔːntəz/ /ˈsɔːntərz/ |
| past simple sauntered | /ˈsɔːntəd/ /ˈsɔːntərd/ |
| past participle sauntered | /ˈsɔːntəd/ /ˈsɔːntərd/ |
| -ing form sauntering | /ˈsɔːntərɪŋ/ /ˈsɔːntərɪŋ/ |
- + adv./prep. to walk in a slow relaxed way synonym stroll
- He sauntered by, looking as if he had all the time in the world.
Extra Examples- I sauntered over and said hello.
- He sauntered in fifteen minutes late.
- She smiled and sauntered casually away.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- casually
- slowly
- away
- …
- into
- out of
- through
- …
Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘to muse, wonder’): of unknown origin. The current sense dates from the mid 17th cent.Definitions on the go
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