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gambol
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1gam·bol

intransitive verb \ˈgam-bəl\
gam·boled or gam·bolledgam·bol·ing or gam·bol·ling\-bə-liŋ also -bliŋ\

Definition of GAMBOL

: to skip about in play : frisk, frolic

Examples of GAMBOL

  1. lambs gamboling in the meadow
  2. <dog owners chat while their pooches gambol on the park's great lawn>

First Known Use of GAMBOL

1508

Related to GAMBOL

Synonyms
caper, cavort, disport, frisk, frolic, lark, rollick, romp, sport

Rhymes with GAMBOL

amble, bramble, gamble, ramble, scramble, shamble

2gambol

noun

Definition of GAMBOL

: a skipping or leaping about in play

Examples of GAMBOL

  1. <she and her old college roommate headed off for one final European gambol before returning to the States to start their separate careers>

Origin of GAMBOL

modification of Middle French gambade spring of a horse, gambol, probably from Old Occitan camba leg, from Late Latin
First Known Use: circa 1510

Related to GAMBOL

Synonyms
binge, frisk, frolic, fling, idyll (also idyl), lark, ploy, revel, rollick, romp, spree

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