stroll
UK/stɹəʊ̯l//stɹoʊ̯l/
stroll noun: a wandering on foot; an idle and leisurely walk; a ramble; a saunter.
Noun
stroll (plural strolls)
Verb
stroll (third-person singular simple present strolls, present participle strolling, simple past and past participle strolled)
- To wander on foot; to ramble idly or leisurely; to rove.
- In Ancient Times, as Story tells, / The Saints would often leave their Cells, / And ſtrole about, but hide their Quality, / To try good Peoples Hoſpitality.1708, [Jonathan Swift], “The Metamorphosis of Baucis and Philemon, Burlesqu’d; from the 8th Book of Ovid”, in Baucis and Philemon; a Poem. […], London: […] H. Hills, […], published 1709, →OCLC, page 3
- The turmoil went on—no rest, no peace. [...] It was nearly eleven o'clock now, and he strolled out again. In the little fair created by the costers' barrows the evening only seemed beginning; and the naphtha flares made one's eyes ache, the men's voices grated harshly, and the girls' faces saddened...1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter XII, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC, pages 87–88
- To go somewhere with ease.
- [A] delighted shout from the children swung him toward the door again. His sister, Mrs. Gerard, stood there in carriage gown and sables, radiant with surprise. "Phil! You! Exactly like you, Philip, to come strolling in from the antipodes—dear fellow!" recovering from the fraternal embrace and...1907 August, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, “His Own People”, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC, page 15
- 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
- To do, obtain, or achieve something in a casual and effortless way.
- My daughter strolled through the exam.
Proper noun (1) capitalized: Stroll
Stroll (plural Strolls)
- A surname.
Proper noun (2) capitalized: Stroll
Stroll (plural Strolls)
- A surname.
stroll meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
stroll in Hindi
- wandering on foot
- सैर sair
- wander on foot
- सैर करना sair karnā
stroll in Tamil
- சிறு உலா
stroll in Urdu
- wandering on foot
- سَیر sair
- wander on foot
- سیر کرنا sair karnā
stroll in Bengali
- ধীরে সুস্থে হাঁটা, পায়চারি করা
More languagesFewer languages
- stroll in Malayalam
- ഉലാത്തുക ulāttuka
- stroll in Kannada
- ಅಡ್ಡಾಡು, ತಿರುಗಾಡು, ಕಾಲಾಡು, ಕಾಲಾಡಿಸು
- stroll in Punjabi
- ਤੁਰਨਾ turnā
- stroll in Arabic
- تَجَوُّل tajawwul, تَنَزُّه tanazzuh, سِيرَة sīra, مَسِير masīr
- stroll in Indonesian
- jalan-jalan
- stroll in Persian
- قدم زدن qadam zadan, گردش کردن gardeš kardan
- stroll in Thai
- นวยนาด nuai-nâat, เตร่ dtrèe, เดินเล่น dəən-lên
- stroll in Vietnamese
- sự đi dạo, đi dạo, dạo
- stroll in Myanmar
- လမ်းလျှောက် lam:hlyauk
Examples of stroll in a sentence
- The turmoil went on—no rest, no peace. [...] It was nearly eleven o'clock now, and he strolled out again.1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter XII, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC, pages...
- More often than not, the best restaurants are found by strolling rather than scrolling.2025 June 14, Robin Van Liebergen, “How not to summer in Marseille”, in FT Weekend (Life & Arts section), London: The Financial Times Ltd....
- Exactly like you, Philip, to come strolling in from the antipodes—dear fellow!" recovering from the fraternal embrace and holding both lapels of his coat in her gloved hands.1907 August, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, “His Own People”, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC, page 15:
Synonyms of stroll
Antonyms
Forms of stroll
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | strolls |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | strolls |
| present participle | strolling |
| past participle | strolled |
| past | strolled |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Strolls |
Origin of stroll
Borrowed from German strollen, seemingly from Alemannic German strollen; related to Strolch (“vagabond; rascal”) and strolchen.
Anglicization of Strulovitch, Strulovic, Strulović. From Russian
Words formed from stroll
Words that rhyme with stroll
47 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- parole
- toll
- dole
- goal
- patrol
- role
- swole
- bricole
- condole
- mole
- noel
- whole
- bole
- knoll
- shoal
- carmagnole
- foal
- pistole
- prole
- Seoul
- stole
- thole
- Tyrol
- baklol
- cajole
- console
- decontrol
- dhole
- droll
- extol
- extrasystole
- gnoll
- hop pole
- indol
- kohl
- memorial pole
- micromole
- mol
- Nicole
- nole
- ole
- parasystole
- schizocoel
- schizocoele
- sowl
- square peg in a round hole
- vole
Questions about stroll
- What does stroll mean?
- Stroll means a wandering on foot; an idle and leisurely walk; a ramble; a saunter.
- What is stroll in Hindi?
- Stroll in Hindi is सैर (sair), सैर करना (sair karnā). See Stroll meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use stroll in a sentence?
- The turmoil went on—no rest, no peace. [...] It was nearly eleven o'clock now, and he strolled out again.
- What part of speech is stroll?
- Stroll can be a noun, a verb or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce stroll?
- Stroll is pronounced /stɹəʊ̯l/ (UK).
- What is the plural of stroll?
- The plural of stroll is strolls.
Words near stroll in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: stroll (page history and authors); Stroll (page history and authors); stroll (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); stroll (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); stroll (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ਤੁਰਨਾ (Punjabi) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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