Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary - walkabout

(walkabouts) A walkabout is a walk by a king, queen, or other important person through a public place in order to meet people in an informal way. (mainly BRIT) He was ambushed by angry protesters during a walkabout in Bolton. N-COUNT • If a king, queen, or other important person goes walkabout or goes on a walkabout, he or she walks through crowds in a public place in order to meet people in an informal way. The Prime Minister insisted on going walkabout in Belfast. PHRASE: V inflects