galumph

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galumph

  • /ɡəˈlʌmf/

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Back-formation from galumphing in Lewis Carroll's “Jabberwocky”.

verb galumphs · galumphing · galumphed

  1. intransitive To move heavily and clumsily, or with a sense of prancing and triumph. He instructed the taxi to wait and galumphed happily up.
  2. intransitive (of a seal) To move across land by undulating the body.

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verb (of a seal) to move across land by undulating the body

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"galumph." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/galumph. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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@misc{galumph_2026,
  title = {galumph},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/galumph},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}