English language

How to pronounce amble in English?

Toggle Transcript
Type Words
Synonyms mosey
Type of walk
Derivation ambler
Type Words
Synonyms perambulation, promenade, saunter, stroll
Type of walk
Has types meander, ramble, walkabout
Derivation ambulate, perambulate

Examples of amble

amble
This is a peaceful amble of a romance that fans of the Fforde formula will love.
From the telegraph.co.uk
Take a hayride, amble through a crafts fair, build a snowman, sip hot chocolate.
From the nytimes.com
First we were asked to amble around the room touching palms with everybody else.
From the guardian.co.uk
One of these days, I'll have to amble over to the sports department and find out.
From the post-gazette.com
Estrada said the daily amble might be part of what's kept McBride in good health.
From the pe.com
Step into the 1960s-era lobby and amble toward the three glass-doored cabinets.
From the washingtonpost.com
Sure, regulars can amble in, flop down at a table and wait for a beer to show up.
From the sacbee.com
Yet, as the Cardinals amble into another offseason a familiar theme has developed.
From the stltoday.com
Believe it or not, Trixie is actually trained to amble up and down the aisles.
From the cnn.com
More examples
  • Walk leisurely
  • Amble is a town, civil parish and seaport on the North Sea coast, in Northumberland, England. It lies at the mouth of the River Coquet, and the nearby Coquet Island is clearly visible from its beaches and harbour. ...
  • An unhurried leisurely walk or stroll; An easy gait, especially that of a horse (as above); To stroll or walk slowly and leisurely; Of a horse: to move along by using both legs on one side, and then the other
  • A relaxed, easy gait in which the legs on either side move in unison or in some breeds almost, but not quite, as a pair. Often seen as the transition movement between the walk and faster gaits (e.g. Bouvier des Flandres).
  • To amble is to take a leisurely walk, but not in the highest sense of the word "leisure." Until the 16th century, the word was used to refer to a particular (leisurely) gait of a horse; and, like a horse who walks slowly because it's exhausted, we who pride ourselves on "ambling" might as well ...
  • 1. A general term for a range of four beat intermediate speed horse gaits that are approximately the speed of a trot or pace but far smoother to ride. Various terms for lateral ambling gaits, based on style, speed or rhythm of gait. ...
  • The slower form of the lateral pacing gait. (See Pacer)
  • To walk slowly, stroll, saunter