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Bimble

//ˈbɪmbəl// noun, verb, slang

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A walk or journey with no particular haste. British, colloquial
Verb
  1. 1
    To walk or travel with no particular haste. British, colloquial, intransitive

    "Check-in ran like clockwork and after unpacking, we bimbled off to the cycle centre, hired two bikes and a kiddy trailer for the boys and set off to get our bearings."

Etymology

Etymology 1

Probably an alteration or variant of bumble (verb), perhaps influenced semantically by association with amble (verb). This term is originally nautical and military in usage, and is previously used outside the current meaning of traveling on foot.

Etymology 2

Probably an alteration or variant of bumble (verb), perhaps influenced semantically by association with amble (verb). This term is originally nautical and military in usage, and is previously used outside the current meaning of traveling on foot.

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