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Tootling

Arabic translation: يتجول

07:15 May 24, 2004
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English term or phrase: Tootling
While the beautiful people of Hollywood hit the party circuit in their designer clothes and cruise round town in their shiny limousines, the biggest box-office star of all time is happy wearing jeans and tootling round his ranch in a pick-up truck or on his Harley-Davidson motorcycle.
Hanankh
Local time: 06:34
Arabic translation:يتجول
Explanation:
يتجول - يتسكع - يتمشى

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Note added at 1 hr 3 mins (2004-05-24 08:19:40 GMT)
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to go in the specified direction in a casual way
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ahmed ismaiel owieda
Egypt
Local time: 06:34
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Summary of answers provided
5 +5يتجول
ahmed ismaiel owieda
4مختالاً - متبختراً
Randa Farhat
1 +1يقوم بالصفير
Shazly


  

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23 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 1/5Answerer confidence 1/5 peer agreement (net): +1
يقوم بالصفير


Explanation:
يقوم بالتزمير

Shazly
Egypt
Local time: 06:34
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic
PRO pts in category: 74

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Randa Farhat: مصـفــِّـراً وهو يتجول حول مزرعته في شاحنته الصغيرة أو على دراجته النارية
10 hrs
neutral  AhmedAMS: I do not think that this is the intended meaning.
18 days
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +5
tootling
يتجول


Explanation:
يتجول - يتسكع - يتمشى

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Note added at 1 hr 3 mins (2004-05-24 08:19:40 GMT)
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to go in the specified direction in a casual way

ahmed ismaiel owieda
Egypt
Local time: 06:34
Works in field
Native speaker of: Arabic
PRO pts in category: 16
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agree  akendous (X)
5 mins
  -> thanks
agree  Tamara Zahran
1 hr
  -> thanks so much
agree  Nesrin: Just to confirm (because Al-Mawrid only gives the meaning of يصفر for tootle), this 2nd definition provided by dictionary.com: "(informal) To walk or drive in a leisurely manner; amble: spent the morning tootling around town"
1 hr
  -> thanks so much
agree  Alaa AHMED
2 days 2 hrs
  -> thanks so much
agree  AhmedAMS: Agree with Nesrin
18 days
  -> thanks so much
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16 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
tootling
مختالاً - متبختراً


Explanation:
وَلَا تَمْشِ فِي الْأَرْضِ مَرَحًا إِنَّ اللَّهَ لَا يُحِبُّ كُلَّ مُخْتَالٍ فَخُورٍ

another option!

Randa Farhat
Lebanon
Local time: 07:34
Native speaker of: Arabic
PRO pts in category: 167
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