stravaig

English

Alternative forms

• stravaige

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /stɹəˈveɪɡ/, /stɹəˈvæɡ/
• Rhymes: -eɪɡ, -æɡ

Verb

stravaig (third-person singular simple present stravaigs, present participle stravaiging, simple past and past participle stravaiged)

1. (Scotland) to stroll, meander
   • 1946, Rebecca West, “Greenhouse with Cyclamens”, in A Train of Powder, page 22:

     It is tedious work, training clematis over low posts, so that its beauty does not stravaig up the walls but lies open under the eye; but on the edge of the town many gardeners grew it thus.

   • 1964, Bill Walsh, Don DaGradi, Mary Poppins‎^[1], spoken by Mary Poppins:

     Michael, stop stravaiging along behind.

Related terms

• extravagant

Anagrams

• gravitas, vagarist

Scots

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /strɑˈveɡ/

Verb

stravaig (third-person singular simple present stravaigs, present participle stravaigin, simple past stravaigt, past participle stravaigt)

1. to stroll, to roam carelessly

Noun

stravaig (plural stravaigs)

1. a stroll, an aimless meandering

References

• “stravaig, n, v.” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.