amble

UK: /ˈæmb^əl/ US: /ˈæmbəl/ ,(am′bəl)

Inflections of 'amble' (v): (⇒ conjugate)

ambles

v 3rd person singular

ambling

v pres p

ambled

v past

ambled

v past p

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025

am•ble /ˈæmbəl/   v., -bled, -bling, n. 
v. [no object]

1. to go at a slow, easy pace;
   stroll;
   saunter:
   She ambled along the seashore.

n. [countable]

2. an ambling pace or slow, easy walk.

am•bler, n. [countable] See -ambl-.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

am•ble  (am′bəl), v., -bled, -bling, n. 
v.i. 

1. to go at a slow, easy pace;
   stroll;
   saunter:
   He ambled around the town.
2. (of a horse) to go at a slow pace with the legs moving in lateral pairs and usually having a four-beat rhythm.

n. 

3. an ambling gait.
4. a slow, easy walk or gentle pace.
5. a stroll.

• Latin ambulāre to walk, equivalent. to amb- ambi- + -ulāre to step (*-el- + stem vowel -ā-; cognate with Welsh el- may go, Greek elaúnein to set in motion)
• Middle French ambler
• Middle English 1350–1400

am′bler, n. 
am′bling•ly, adv. 
Synonyms

• 1. ramble, meander.

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::

amble / ˈæmb^əl/ verb (intransitive)

1. to walk at a leisurely relaxed pace
2. (of a horse) to move slowly, lifting both legs on one side together
3. to ride a horse at an amble or leisurely pace

noun

1. a leisurely motion in walking
2. a leisurely walk
3. the ambling gait of a horse

Etymology: 14th Century: from Old French ambler, from Latin ambulāre to walk