walkaround
noun
walkaround is a noun meaning “A competitive dance in blackface minstrel shows of the 19th century” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled W-A-L-K-A-R-O-U-N-D, and it appears about once in every 25 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of walkaround is walkarounds.
What does walkaround mean?
noun
- 1
A competitive dance in blackface minstrel shows of the 19th century.
- 2
The music for such a dance.
- 3
A walk taken around an office, hospital, etc. in order to communicate with staff members and gauge progress.
- 4
A costumed character who mingles with visitors at a theme park etc.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of walkaround
- walkarounds plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is walkaround?
Walkaround appears about once in every 25 million words in written English, the 150,355th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Where does walkaround come from?
Deverbal from walk around.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).