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From Middle English amblen, from Old French ambler (“walk as a horse does”), from Old Occitan amblar, from Latin ambulō (“to walk”).[1] Doublet of ambulate.

amble (plural ambles)

  1. An unhurried leisurely walk or stroll.
    slow amble
    casual amble
    • 1983 (2022), Terry Pratchett, The Colour of Magic, pages 25-26:
      The little man was ambling along in the middle of the street, looking around him with an expression of keen interest.
  2. An easy gait, especially that of a horse.
  3. (computing) That which follows the preamble, by analogy.

an unhurried leisurely walk or stroll

amble (third-person singular simple present ambles, present participle ambling, simple past and past participle ambled)

  1. (intransitive) To stroll or walk slowly and leisurely.
    amble through the park
    slow amble
    They decided to amble along the beach at sunset.
    Tourists ambled through the narrow streets of the old town.
  2. (intransitive) Of a quadruped: to move along by using both legs on one side, and then the other.

to stroll or walk slowly and leisurely

  1. ^ Funk, W. J., Word origins and their romantic stories, New York, Wilfred Funk, Inc.

amble

  1. inflection of ambler:
    1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    2. second-person singular imperative

amble

  1. inflection of amblar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

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