stroll

Etymology

Borrowed from German strollen, a variant of Alemannic German strolchen, from Strolch (“vagabond; rascal”).

noun

  1. A wandering on foot; an idle and leisurely walk; a ramble.

verb

  1. To wander on foot; to ramble idly or leisurely; to rove.
  2. To go somewhere with ease.
  3. (intransitive, slang) To walk the streets as a prostitute.
    "Nammers?" She'd told him before of some Vietnamese gang pressuring her to stroll for them. / "Don't even ask. You don't want to know." 1998, Joseph Ferone, Boomboom, page 24
  4. (intransitive) To do, obtain, or achieve something in a casual and effortless way.
    My daughter strolled through the exam.

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