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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.
she and her old college roommate headed off for one final European gambol before returning to the States to start their separate careers
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: to run or jump in a lively way
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