- Chiefly British.
- a walking tour.
- an informal public stroll taken by members of the royal family or by a political figure for the purpose of greeting and being seen by the public.
- Australian.
- a brief, informal leave from work, taken by an Aboriginal person to wander the bush, visit relatives, or return to Native life.
- absence from work.
- a periodic nomadic excursion into the Australian bush made by a native Australian
- a walking tour
- an occasion when celebrities, royalty, etc, walk among and meet the public
- go walkabout Australian
- to wander through the bush
- to be lost or misplaced
- to lose one's concentration
