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GLOBE-TROT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does globe-trot mean? 

GLOBE-TROT (verb)
  The verb GLOBE-TROT has 1 sense:

1. travel all over the world for pleasure and sightseeingplay

  Familiarity information: GLOBE-TROT used as a verb is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


GLOBE-TROT (verb)

 Conjugation: 
Present simple: I / you / we / they globe-trot  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation ... he / she / it globe-trots  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past simple: globe-trotted  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past participle: globe-trotted  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
-ing form: globe-trotting  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation


Sense 1

Meaning:

Travel all over the world for pleasure and sightseeing

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Hypernyms (to "globe-trot" is one way to...):

journey; travel (undertake a journey or trip)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP


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