gambol
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gambol
- /ˈɡæm.bəl/ UK, US
Sounds like gamble · Rhymes with -æmbəl, -əʊl
Where it comes from
From earlier gambolde, from Middle French gambade (modern gambade).
verb gambols · gamboling · gambolling · gamboled · gambolled
- To move about playfully; to frolic. The lawn spread freely onward, as of old, over which, in sweet company, he had once gambolled.
- To do a forward roll.
noun gambols
- An instance of running or skipping about playfully. Heere hung those lipps, that I haue kist I know not how oft. VVhere be your Iibes now? Your Gambals? Your Songs? Your flashes of Merriment that were wont to set the Table on a Rore?
- An instance of more general frisking or frolicking. There was a delicious sensation of mingled security and awe with which I looked down, from my giddy height, on the monsters of the deep at their uncouth gambols.
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verb to move about playfully
| Français | gambader |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | herumtollen, herumhüpfen, herumspringen |
| Русский | резви́ться rezvítʹsja |
Talk about this word "gambol." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/gambol. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. gambol. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/gambol "gambol." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/gambol.Cite this
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title = {gambol},
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