perambulating v make an official inspection on foot of (the bounds of a property) v walk with no particular goal s strolling or walking around perambulating nursemaids with their charges Usage(s) Half naked, they drive to the game in a perambulating garbage can that resembles a chariot (see front cover). Apparently PTI is perambulating a bit itself. In song, in literature, in wacky walking wagers, he breezily explores every possible cultural manifestation of perambulating. Synonym(s) perambulate walk about walk around