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perhaps you've not been able to find it because the normal spelling is gallivanting - joe (speeling 'R us) friday ' edit(1) - eta, if you had the 2nd sense of dictionary.com in mind, you got some 'splaining to do. oy. sorry for my egregious spelling, I was totally not thinking. and, yes, while I was thinking def. 1, there was however, also 2., though she is my wife. 
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Galavanting? That sounds interesting. I'll treat it like a hogwash word: hum.. Being a maestro performer in a series of great benefit concerts. close, actually! though I wasn't the maestro, and it wasn't really a benefit concert.
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>oy. sorry for my egregious spelling, I was totally not thinking.
actually, the same source gives galavanting as a variant (although my spiel-checker barfs on it) - I'm guessing it's regional in nature.
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I know it is the time of choirs and singing and we all know you sing well.
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Galavanting? That sounds interesting. I'll treat it like a hogwash word: hum.. Being a maestro performer in a series of great benefit concerts. love your daffynition Bran...... this is word from my childhood too. usually used as accusation from parents when us kids hadn't done something as in we were otherwise occupied, 'gallivanting around the countryside'
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If you grew up with that word could you please tell me what it means? Galavanting: running around like a chicken who's lost its head. Getting nowhere quickly. Running around without a care in the world.
----please, draw me a sheep----
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....and yes, I am aware of the other spelling.
But I learned it as galavanting and am keeping
the spelling that way.
----please, draw me a sheep----
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the extra 'L' ...could it be periphrasis?
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and how would you explain the 'a' vs. 'i' then?!
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