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gambol

[ gam-buhl ]

/ ˈgæm bəl /

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verb (used without object), gam·boled, gam·bol·ing or (especially British) gam·bolled, gam·bol·ling.

to skip about, as in dancing or playing; frolic.

noun

a skipping or frisking about; frolic.

Origin of gambol

1495–1505; earlier gambold, gambald, gamba(u)de, from Middle French gambade, variant of gambado²

SYNONYMS FOR gambol

1 spring, caper, frisk, romp.

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WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH gambol

gamble gambol

Words nearby gambol

gamble, gamblers' fallacy, gambling, gambling house, gamboge, gambol, gambrel, gambrel roof, gambrinus, gambusia, game

Example sentences from the Web for gambolled

Its yellow eyes were bent upon the innocent little creatures that gambolled over the grass beyond.

The Boy Hunters |Captain Mayne Reid
At this juncture several dogs burst into the room and gambolled with their royal master, as with one who is a familiar friend.

The Hot Swamp |R.M. Ballantyne
As they approached, the dogs all sprang forward, and gambolled around them.

Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Volume V (of 10) |John Gibson Lockhart
He gambolled over the moor with us, seemingly as happy as could be, and the very moment we called him back he came.

A Christmas Posy |Mary Louisa Stewart Molesworth

Out of this metal basin Tommy, who gambolled into the place ahead of us, began to drink in a greedy and demonstrative fashion.

When the World Shook |H. Rider Haggard

British Dictionary definitions for gambolled

gambol

/ (ˈɡæmbəl) /

verb -bols, -bolling or -bolled or US -bols, -boling or -boled

(intr) to skip or jump about in a playful manner; frolic

noun

a playful antic; frolic

Word Origin for gambol

C16: from French gambade; see gambado ², jamb