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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024am•ble /ˈæmbəl/USA pronunciation v., -bled, -bling, n. v. [no object] - to go at a slow, easy pace;
stroll;
saunter:She ambled along the seashore.
n. [countable] - an ambling pace or slow, easy walk.
am•bler, n. [countable]See -ambl-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024am•ble (am′bəl),USA pronunciation v., -bled, -bling, n. v.i. - to go at a slow, easy pace;
stroll;
saunter:He ambled around the town. - (of a horse) to go at a slow pace with the legs moving in lateral pairs and usually having a four-beat rhythm.
n. - an ambling gait.
- a slow, easy walk or gentle pace.
- a stroll.
- Latin ambulāre to walk, equivalent. to amb- ambi- + -ulāre to step (*-el- + stem vowel -ā-; cognate with Welsh el- may go, Greek elaúnein to set in motion)
- Middle French ambler
- Middle English 1350–1400
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged ramble, meander.
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