Meaning of "gallivant" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD GALLIVANT

Perhaps whimsical modification of gallant.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF GALLIVANT

gallivant  [ˈɡælɪˌvænt]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF GALLIVANT

Gallivant is a verb.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb gallivant in English.

WHAT DOES GALLIVANT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Gallivant

Gallivant is the first feature-length movie by Andrew Kötting. Released in 1996, it was a "highly idiosyncratic" documentary. It recorded a journey the director took clockwise around the coast of Britain accompanied by his 85-year-old grandmother, Gladys, and his seven-year-old daughter Eden. Eden was born at Guy's Hospital, London, in 1988 with a rare genetic disorder – Joubert syndrome – causing cerebral vermis hypoplasia and several other neurological complications. The growing closeness between these two and the sense of impending mortality give the film its emotional underpinning.

Definition of gallivant in the English dictionary

The definition of gallivant in the dictionary is to go about in search of pleasure; gad about.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO GALLIVANT

PRESENT

Present

I gallivant

you gallivant

he/she/it gallivants

we gallivant

you gallivant

they gallivant

Present continuous

I am gallivanting

you are gallivanting

he/she/it is gallivanting

we are gallivanting

you are gallivanting

they are gallivanting

Present perfect

I have gallivanted

you have gallivanted

he/she/it has gallivanted

we have gallivanted

you have gallivanted

they have gallivanted

Present perfect continuous

I have been gallivanting

you have been gallivanting

he/she/it has been gallivanting

we have been gallivanting

you have been gallivanting

they have been gallivanting

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I gallivanted

you gallivanted

he/she/it gallivanted

we gallivanted

you gallivanted

they gallivanted

Past continuous

I was gallivanting

you were gallivanting

he/she/it was gallivanting

we were gallivanting

you were gallivanting

they were gallivanting

Past perfect

I had gallivanted

you had gallivanted

he/she/it had gallivanted

we had gallivanted

you had gallivanted

they had gallivanted

Past perfect continuous

I had been gallivanting

you had been gallivanting

he/she/it had been gallivanting

we had been gallivanting

you had been gallivanting

they had been gallivanting

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will gallivant

you will gallivant

he/she/it will gallivant

we will gallivant

you will gallivant

they will gallivant

Future continuous

I will be gallivanting

you will be gallivanting

he/she/it will be gallivanting

we will be gallivanting

you will be gallivanting

they will be gallivanting

Future perfect

I will have gallivanted

you will have gallivanted

he/she/it will have gallivanted

we will have gallivanted

you will have gallivanted

they will have gallivanted

Future perfect continuous

I will have been gallivanting

you will have been gallivanting

he/she/it will have been gallivanting

we will have been gallivanting

you will have been gallivanting

they will have been gallivanting

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would gallivant

you would gallivant

he/she/it would gallivant

we would gallivant

you would gallivant

they would gallivant

Conditional continuous

I would be gallivanting

you would be gallivanting

he/she/it would be gallivanting

we would be gallivanting

you would be gallivanting

they would be gallivanting

Conditional perfect

I would have gallivant

you would have gallivant

he/she/it would have gallivant

we would have gallivant

you would have gallivant

they would have gallivant

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been gallivanting

you would have been gallivanting

he/she/it would have been gallivanting

we would have been gallivanting

you would have been gallivanting

they would have been gallivanting

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you gallivant
we let´s gallivant
you gallivant

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to gallivant

Past participle

gallivanted

Present Participle

gallivanting

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

SYNONYMS OF «GALLIVANT»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «gallivant» and belong to the same grammatical category.

synonyms of gallivant

go walkabout · ramble · range · roam · rove · run around · stravaig · wander

TRANSLATION OF GALLIVANT

Find out the translation of gallivant to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of gallivant from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «gallivant» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: gallivant
• Translator English - Spanish: gallivant
• English: gallivant
• Translator English - Hindi: खलवाड़
• Translator English - Arabic: gallivant
• Translator English - Russian: шляться
• Translator English - Portuguese: vagabundear
• Translator English - Bengali: ছিনালি করা
• Translator English - French: gallivant
• Translator English - Malay: Curang
• Translator English - German: gallivant
• Translator English - Japanese: 遊び回る
• Translator English - Korean: gallivant
• Translator English - Javanese: Cipratan
• Translator English - Vietnamese: đi chơi
• Translator English - Tamil: gallivant
• Translator English - Marathi: पळून जाणे
• Translator English - Turkish: hovardalık etmek
• Translator English - Italian: andare in giro
• Translator English - Polish: włóczyć
• Translator English - Ukrainian: шлятися
• Translator English - Romanian: Gallivant
• Translator English - Greek: διασκεδάζω
• Translator English - Afrikaans: rond wandel
• Translator English - Swedish: driva omkring
• Translator English - Norwegian: Gallivant

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «GALLIVANT»

Discover the use of gallivant in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to gallivant and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

The Karma Booth

Also. from. Gallivant. Books. Imagine your 15 minutes of fame in the Thousand Year Reich... The Germans had television in the early years of the Hitler regime. Now see what happens when TV changes the history of Nazi Germany and World ...

Jeff Pearce, 2011

A Saturday Gallivant

Two children decide to walk in the woods on a Saturday and find themselves escorted by a small mouse who invites them to tea and introduces the animals of the forest.

Nancy Hamilton, Media for Kids, Inc, 1981

London Society

gasped Gallivant, with an earnestness that made them all laugh. 'I do indeed,' proceeded Mild— may. ' I was passing near the church, not much admiring the edifice by the way—' ' It. was a very gentlemanly church,' interposed Honeydew, ...

James Hogg, Florence Marryat, 1869

Liminal Landscapes: Travel, Experience and Spaces In-between

Gallivant: recording. the. ritual. There seems to be no alternative space beyond the disenchanted modernity of an incipiently post-industrial Britain in Radio On, or at least, if there is, then the protagonist cannot perceive it; for him, the only ...

Hazel Andrews, Les Roberts, 2012

Reich TV

Published by Gallivant Books This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and incidents are products of the author's imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events, locales or persons, living or dead, is entirely ...

Jeff Pearce, 2011

Buddha on the Road

Published by Gallivant Books This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and incidents are products of the author's imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events, locales or persons, living or dead, is entirely ...

Jeff Pearce, 2011

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary: Eleventh Edition

gallivant. rhizomes 2 : the fresh, dried, or ground rhizome of a galangal used in cookery as a spice and in medicine gal-an-tine \'ga-bn-,ten\ n [F, fr. OF galentine. galatine fish sauce, fr. ML galatina, prob. fr. L gelatus, pp. of gelare to congeal, ...

‎2004

London Society

ing girls you ever saw, and saved the life of the prettiest.' ' You — you don't say so !' gasped Gallivant, with an earnestness that made them all laugh. ' I do indeed,' proceeded Mild- may. ' I was passing near the church, not much admiring the ...

‎1869

The lay of the last minstrel, travesty [by O. Neville]. ...

The hooded hawk, who says they sha'nt, (By her I mean the Gouvernante) Would mar the trip to gallivant ; Flapping her wings, (/) Mamma she tells, Who censures with a mother's yell : (/) Wings, metaphorically for petticoats. As for the word ...

O. Neville, 1811

From Ulster to America: The Scotch-Irish Heritage of ...

1975 Chalmers Better 66 'I feel gaily', said Aunt Charity, 'stout with health and religion, but last week I wasn't much.' gallivant, galavant, gallavant, gillivant vb To gad about in an obstentacious way, especially with members of the opposite sex.

Michael Montgomery, 2006

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «GALLIVANT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term gallivant is used in the context of the following news items.

Embrace the fleeting joy of dead solid summer

Gallivant. Meander. For no apparent reason drag a stick along the ground as you walk. Skip stones and fly pinwheels and stay cool and dry and ... «Asheville Citizen-Times, Jul 15»

Appointing Sunday Oliseh proves Nigeria are on a better trajectory

... high-profile coaching names were dropped with indiscriminate abandon, committees were set up to gallivant around Europe in 'search' of a ... «ESPN FC, Jul 15»

I spiked Aslam Butt's nun-chai with a sleeping-pill, what are you …

That I had begun to gallivant around in the night, to discuss the ailments of the living, with doctors who are dead, was something he clearly ... «Kashmir Images, Jul 15»

No, Batman: Arkham Knight's Stories Aren't Broken

... letting her languish in the Riddler's psychopathic clutches while you gallivant around the game's astonishing free-roam envisaging of Gotham ... «Wired, Jul 15»

Six pair of fabulous heels that will take you to shoe heaven

Coco's reasons for the design were simple – it meant she could gallivant around playing sports and going on trips, without visibly dirtying her ... «The Express Tribune, Jul 15»

Cans, barrel-aging coming for Fernson Brewing

Many of the brewery's beers will have names that liken to Fernson's spirit, including their newest beer, called Gallivant (verb – to travel from one ... «Sioux Falls Argus Leader, Jul 15»

How Westboro Baptist Church makes its money

It's not cheap for dozens of followers to gallivant across the country so that they can stand a few yards away and hold up provocative signs ... «The Week Magazine, Jun 15»

RAVINIA BUSINESS DISTRICT JULY THIRD THURSDAYS FOCUS …

This month Ravinia Business District's theme is Design and Dine, inviting all customers to gallivant through the District's diverse shopping, ... «Chicago Tribune, Jun 15»

School bus thief sentenced to one year and one day in state prison

A camera onboard the bus logged hours of video documenting the woman's gallivant. She went north on Pioneer Highway, then took Best ... «Stanwood Camano News, Jun 15»

London Overground by Iain Sinclair review – a triumphant odyssey

Kötting's resulting film, Gallivant, made him the Edinburgh film festival's best new director in 1996. His first film, Klipperty Klopp, involved him ... «The Guardian, Jun 15»