strollout

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noun

The rollout of COVID-19 vaccines at a relatively slow pace.

Scrabble 9

Meanings

nounstrollout (plural strollouts)

plural strollouts

  1. AustraliainformalThe rollout of COVID-19 vaccines at a relatively slow pace.

    Opinion polls were showing that Morrison had been personally damaged by the government's perceived failures on vaccine supply – the 'strollout' – and the brawls with state leaders over who was to blame for lockdowns during Delta.

    2022, Simon Benson, Geoff Chambers, Plagued: Australia's two years of hell — the inside story
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    The report cites neologisms like “vaxxie,” “vaxinista” and “vax(i)cation” and “inoculati.” Some may fade away and never make it into the dictionary. But others — like “strollout,” which gained prominence in Australia in May, amid frustration over the slow pace of vaccination programs — may become useful in a broader variety of contexts, McPherson said.

    2021 October 31, Jennifer Schuessler, “Oxford’s 2021 Word of the Year Is a Shot in the Arm”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 31 Oct 2021

Origin

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APA

strollout. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/strollout

MLA

“strollout.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/strollout. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “strollout,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/strollout.

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