Saunter
verb
To walk slowly and in a relaxed way, often in no particular direction.
After lunch, they sauntered along the beach.
Often appears as...
- saunter around
- saunter along
noun
A slow and relaxed walk.
He took a leisurely saunter down to the waterfront.
Often appears as...
- take a saunter
- enjoy a saunter
verb
To walk slowly and in a relaxed way, often in no particular direction.
After lunch, they sauntered along the beach.
Often appears as...
- saunter around
- saunter along
noun
A slow and relaxed walk.
He took a leisurely saunter down to the waterfront.
Often appears as...
- take a saunter
- enjoy a saunter
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Relaxed Action
Use 'saunter' to describe a calm, confident walk, showing no urgency or rush.
She sauntered into the room, taking in the applause.
Pro Tip 2/3Informal Contexts
'Saunter' fits best in casual or narrative writing, rather than formal documents.
Mark decided to saunter down the hall, delaying the meeting.
Pro Tip 3/3Negative Implication
Sometimes, 'saunter' suggests a lack of concern or seriousness in a situation that may require it.
Despite the urgency, he sauntered in ten minutes late.
Pro Tip 1/3Relaxed Action
Use 'saunter' to describe a calm, confident walk, showing no urgency or rush.
She sauntered into the room, taking in the applause.
Pro Tip 2/3Informal Contexts
'Saunter' fits best in casual or narrative writing, rather than formal documents.
Mark decided to saunter down the hall, delaying the meeting.
Pro Tip 3/3Negative Implication
Sometimes, 'saunter' suggests a lack of concern or seriousness in a situation that may require it.
Despite the urgency, he sauntered in ten minutes late.
Pro Tip 1/3Relaxed Action
Use 'saunter' to describe a calm, confident walk, showing no urgency or rush.
She sauntered into the room, taking in the applause.
Pro Tip 2/3Informal Contexts
'Saunter' fits best in casual or narrative writing, rather than formal documents.
Mark decided to saunter down the hall, delaying the meeting.
Pro Tip 3/3Negative Implication
Sometimes, 'saunter' suggests a lack of concern or seriousness in a situation that may require it.
Despite the urgency, he sauntered in ten minutes late.
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Video examples
How Animals and Humans...
The elk know where that line is, it's amazing. When they cross it's like they just saunter in home free but when they don't like this one on the right, the hunter shot him, he stood up, he struggled, trying to get to the line and he shot him again, he slid right to the line and the hunter said, "It's a good thing he didn't make it to the other side
Video examples
Heather Brooke: My...
What they hadn't counted on was digitization, because that meant that all those paper receipts had been scanned in electronically, and it was very easy for somebody to just copy that entire database, put it on a disk, and then just saunter outside of Parliament, which they did, and then they shopped that disk
Video examples
Coneheads, egg stacks...
Most fly off to establish new colonies— one lands on a fallen tree, another scrambles into a crack in a house, and another climbs into a shipping crate. But some will simply saunter to sites nearby and become the monarchs of the colony’s satellite nests. With one of the longest insect lifespans,
Video examples
David Macaulay: All...
and he wants it to be perfect. He's got candles out, he's got flowers in the middle and he's trying to figure out where to put the plates and the glasses. But he's not happy; something's wrong. The phone rings anyway, he's called to the palazzo. He saunters -- he saunters at a good clip,
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Safari Live - Day 138 PIPE...
really think that he is ill I don't think he's well I remember that one day we found him lying underneath a bush and he just didn't move and this was before we had seen hooker Marie and he just didn't move for two days he lay under that Bush and then he sauntered into
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Jarrett J. Krosoczka:...
about what he did for a living. And afterwards, we all went back to our classrooms and we drew our own renditions of his main character, Rotten Ralph. And suddenly the author appeared in our doorway, and I remember him sort of sauntering down the aisles,
Video examples
The surprising reasons...
stick out your tongue, drool, and ooze some foul-smelling liquid from your anal glands. Disgusted, your assailant loosens its grip, decides you’re not the dinner it was looking for, and departs. After 10 minutes, you resurrect and merrily saunter on.
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 190 PIPE...
above her head sucking out all the water so she laid off an almighty scream and the elephant I think God as much as a fright as she did and it sort of backed up and then the sauntered off but it it obviously had a nice little drink from
Video examples
Would you raise the bird...
by begging for food louder, more frequently, and with a wider mouth. Among the most benign, black-headed ducks lay their eggs in other nests to be incubated. However, a few hours after hatching, they simply saunter off.
Video examples
Niels Diffrient:...
a wonderful helmet and those marvelous goggles -- and, inevitably, a white scarf, to flow in the wind. He'd always walk up to his airplane in a kind of saunter,
Video examples
How Animals and Humans...
The elk know where that line is, it's amazing. When they cross it's like they just saunter in home free but when they don't like this one on the right, the hunter shot him, he stood up, he struggled, trying to get to the line and he shot him again, he slid right to the line and the hunter said, "It's a good thing he didn't make it to the other side
Video examples
Heather Brooke: My...
What they hadn't counted on was digitization, because that meant that all those paper receipts had been scanned in electronically, and it was very easy for somebody to just copy that entire database, put it on a disk, and then just saunter outside of Parliament, which they did, and then they shopped that disk
Video examples
Coneheads, egg stacks...
Most fly off to establish new colonies— one lands on a fallen tree, another scrambles into a crack in a house, and another climbs into a shipping crate. But some will simply saunter to sites nearby and become the monarchs of the colony’s satellite nests. With one of the longest insect lifespans,
Video examples
David Macaulay: All...
and he wants it to be perfect. He's got candles out, he's got flowers in the middle and he's trying to figure out where to put the plates and the glasses. But he's not happy; something's wrong. The phone rings anyway, he's called to the palazzo. He saunters -- he saunters at a good clip,
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 138 PIPE...
really think that he is ill I don't think he's well I remember that one day we found him lying underneath a bush and he just didn't move and this was before we had seen hooker Marie and he just didn't move for two days he lay under that Bush and then he sauntered into
Video examples
Jarrett J. Krosoczka:...
about what he did for a living. And afterwards, we all went back to our classrooms and we drew our own renditions of his main character, Rotten Ralph. And suddenly the author appeared in our doorway, and I remember him sort of sauntering down the aisles,
Video examples
The surprising reasons...
stick out your tongue, drool, and ooze some foul-smelling liquid from your anal glands. Disgusted, your assailant loosens its grip, decides you’re not the dinner it was looking for, and departs. After 10 minutes, you resurrect and merrily saunter on.
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 190 PIPE...
above her head sucking out all the water so she laid off an almighty scream and the elephant I think God as much as a fright as she did and it sort of backed up and then the sauntered off but it it obviously had a nice little drink from
Video examples
Would you raise the bird...
by begging for food louder, more frequently, and with a wider mouth. Among the most benign, black-headed ducks lay their eggs in other nests to be incubated. However, a few hours after hatching, they simply saunter off.
Video examples
Niels Diffrient:...
a wonderful helmet and those marvelous goggles -- and, inevitably, a white scarf, to flow in the wind. He'd always walk up to his airplane in a kind of saunter,
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Quote examples
John Burroughs
American Author
To find the universal elements enough; to find the air and the water exhilarating; to be refreshed by a morning walk or an evening saunter... to be thrilled by the stars at night; to be elated over a bird's nest or a wildflower in spring - these are some of the rewards of the simple life.
Quote examples
Louise Linton
Scottish Actress
You can't just, boopity-boop, saunter into the Treasury. You need an appointment.
Quote examples
John Burroughs
American Author
To find the universal elements enough; to find the air and the water exhilarating; to be refreshed by a morning walk or an evening saunter... to be thrilled by the stars at night; to be elated over a bird's nest or a wildflower in spring - these are some of the rewards of the simple life.
Quote examples
Louise Linton
Scottish Actress
You can't just, boopity-boop, saunter into the Treasury. You need an appointment.
Example 1 of 2
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