Whêre'a-bout' or Whêre'a-bouts', adv.

adv. 1. About where; near what or which place; — used interrogatively and relatively; as, whereabouts did you meet him? ☞ In this sense, the form whereabouts is more commonly used. 2. Concerning which; about which. “The object whereabout they are conversant.” Hooker. ☞ Whereabout, or whereabouts, is often used colloquially as a noun. “A puzzling notice of thy whereabout.” Wordsworth. Thou firm-set earth, Hear not my steps, which way they walk, for fear Thy very stones prate of my whereabout. Shak.