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Examples of gambol in a Sentence
lambs gamboling in the meadow
dog owners chat while their pooches gambol on the park's great lawn
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In Middle French, the noun "gambade" referred to the frisky spring of a jumping horse. In the early 1500s, the English word gambol romped into print as both a verb and a noun. (The noun means "a skipping or leaping about in play.") The English word is not restricted to horses, but rather can be used of any frolicsome creature. It is a word that suggests levity and spontaneity, and it tends to be used especially of the lively activity of children or animals engaged in active play.
Origin and Etymology of gambol
in part verbal derivative of 2gambol, in part borrowing (assimilated to the noun) from Middle French gambader, verbal derivative of gambade
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Definition of gambol
: a skipping or leaping about in play
Examples of gambol in a Sentence
she and her old college roommate headed off for one final European gambol before returning to the States to start their separate careers
Origin and Etymology of gambol
earlier “leap of a horse, leap, caper,” probably apocopated variant of gambold, gambald, re-formation (by association with French-derived words, as 1ribald, ending in the suffix -aud, -auld) of gambade, borrowed from Middle French, probably borrowed from Occitan cambado, gambado, from camba “leg” (going back to Late Latin camba, gamba) + -ado -ade — more at jamb
GAMBOL Defined for English Language Learners
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playDefinition of gambol for English Language Learners
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: to run or jump in a lively way
GAMBOL Defined for Kids
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