safari
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 9
- Words With Friends
- 9
- Letters
- 6
Definition of safari
4 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
noun
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A trip into any undeveloped area to see, photograph or to hunt wild animals in their own environment.
“We're going on a safari in Kenya.”
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noun
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A trip into any undeveloped area to see, photograph or to hunt wild animals in their own environment.
“We're going on a safari in Kenya.”
- A caravan going on a safari.
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(broadly)Any trip for the purpose of discovering something new or acquiring prizes or trophies.
“An ardent junker herself, Mrs. Egge tells how to conduct a fascinating junk safari into the attic or antique and secondhand shops and what to do with the trophies you bring home.”
“Come on, boy, move that body/ 'Cause tonight I'm naughty, naughty/ Dance with me like it's my party/ We go wild, we're in safari”
verb
- (intransitive)To take part in a safari.
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
Etymology tree Arabic سَفَر (safar)bor. Swahili safaribor. English safari Borrowed from Swahili safari (“journey”), borrowed from Arabic سَفَر (safar).
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