Word Meanings - VAGABONDIZE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

To play the vagabond; to wander about in idleness.

Related words: (words related to VAGABONDIZE)

• ABOUT
  On the point or verge of; going; in act of. Paul was now aboutto open his mouth. Acts xviii. 14. 7. Concerning; with regard to; on account of; touching. "To treat about thy ransom." Milton. She must have her way about Sarah. Trollope. (more info)
• WANDERMENT
  The act of wandering, or roaming. Bp. Hall.
• WANDEROO
  A large monkey native of Malabar. It is black, or nearly so, but has a long white or gray beard encircling the face. Called also maha, silenus, neelbhunder, lion-tailed baboon, and great wanderoo. Note: The name is sometimes applied also to other
• VAGABONDAGE
  The condition of a vagabond; a state or habit of wandering about in idleness; vagrancy.
• WANDERINGLY
  In a wandering manner.
• VAGABONDISM
  Vagabondage.
• VAGABONDIZE
  To play the vagabond; to wander about in idleness.
• WANDERER
  One who wanders; a rambler; one who roves; hence, one who deviates from duty.
• WANDERING
  a. & n. from Wander, v. Wandering albatross , the great white albatross. See Illust. of Albatross. -- Wandering cell , an animal cell which possesses the power of spontaneous movement, as one of the white corpuscles of the blood. -- Wandering
• WANDER
  1. To ramble here and there without any certain course or with no definite object in view; to range about; to stroll; to rove; as, to wander over the fields. They wandered about in sheepskins and goatskins. Heb. xi. 37. He wandereth abroad for
• IDLENESS
  The condition or quality of being idle (in the various senses of that word); uselessness; fruitlessness; triviality; inactivity; laziness. Syn. -- Inaction; indolence; sluggishness; sloth.
• VAGABONDRY
  Vagabondage.
• VAGABOND
  1. Moving from place to place without a settled habitation; wandering. "Vagabond exile." Shak. 2. Floating about without any certain direction; driven to and fro. To heaven their prayers Flew up, nor missed the way, by envious winds Blown vagabond
• ABOUT-SLEDGE
  The largest hammer used by smiths. Weale.
• FORWANDER
  To wander away; to go astray; to wander far and to weariness.
• ROUNDABOUTNESS
  The quality of being roundabout; circuitousness.
• RACEABOUT
  A small sloop-rigged racing yacht carrying about six hundred square feet of sail, distinguished from a knockabout by having a short bowsprit.
• STIRABOUT
  A dish formed of oatmeal boiled in water to a certain consistency and frequently stirred, or of oatmeal and dripping mixed together and stirred about in a pan; a hasty pudding.
• MARABOUT
  A Mohammedan saint; especially, one who claims to work cures supernaturally.
• HAULABOUT
  A bargelike vessel with steel hull, large hatchways, and coal transporters, for coaling war vessels from its own hold or from other colliers.
• WHEREABOUT; WHEREABOUTS
  1. About where; near what or which place; -- used interrogatively and relatively; as, whereabouts did you meet him Note: In this sense, whereabouts is the common form. 2. Concerning which; about which. "The object whereabout they are conversant."
• GADABOUT
  A gadder
• HEREA-BOUT; HEREABOUTS
  1. About this place; in this vicinity. 2. Concerning this.
• MISWANDER
  To wander in a wrong path; to stray; to go astray. Chaucer.