Definition of "safari" [safari]

• An overland expedition, especially one for hunting or exploring in eastern Africa. (noun)
• A journey or trip: a sightseeing safari. (noun)

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• "For some unknown reason, I get a major energy boost and continue on my word safari going nowhere."
• "He apologised for the delays etc and wished us a happy safari (safari is Swahili for 'journey') and then we were on our way to the bus station."
• "The second is Richard Francis Burton, "the secret agent and explorer who introduced the word 'safari' to the English language," the translator into English of the "Kama Sutra" and "The Arabian Nights," whose "myth as a man rested not just on his carefully objective work but also on his personal appeal as a libertine, experimenter, and worldly figure who not only had knowledge but had lived it.""