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
   • 1921, A. E. Coppard, “Marching to Zion”, in Adam & Eve & Pinch Me:

     Whenever we came to any habitations now he would not call at back doors, nor go stravaiging in yards for odd pieces to eat, but he would go gallantly into an inn and offer his payment for the things we would like.

   • 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.