Synonyms of galumph

galumph

verb

gə-ˈləm(p)f 

as in to shuffle

to move heavily or clumsily

the Great Dane galumphed across the floor to greet us

Synonyms & Similar Words

• shuffle
• stomp
• stumble
• clump
• slough
• trudge
• lump
• lurch
• barge
• tramp
• haul
• weave
• shamble
• drag
• stump
• flounder
• pound
• plod
• stamp
• scuff
• slog
• lumber
• scuffle
• stagger
• flog
• waddle
• sway
• tromp
• flop
• totter
• blunder
• careen
• reel
• wobble
• dodder
• teeter

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• coast
• breeze
• slide
• glide
• whisk
• waltz
• drift
• float
• hang
• hover
• waft
• poise

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of galumph

Another way in which people’s carbon footprints become especially galumphing is through air travel, notably in first class. — The Economist, 28 Dec. 2019

There used to be campus dogs galumphing around the quad, fat on a diet of student pizza and potato chips. — Beth Thames , al, 30 Oct. 2019

There are also stretches of galumphing humor that go on too long. — Anthony Tommasini, New York Times, 30 Mar. 2018

North Carolina’s Luke Maye launched it in desperation and off-balance, with all of the grace of a grandpa galumphing through a three-legged race. — Tim Sullivan, The Courier-Journal, 18 Feb. 2018

His margin may well have been provided by the FBI and U.S. intelligence establishment’s galumphing intervention in the Hillary Clinton email matter. — Holman W. Jenkins, WSJ, 1 Sep. 2017

The problem for Besson's movie, besides the problems with the movie itself, is its late arrival, galumphing into theaters so many years after so many recyclers and copycats. — Michael Phillips, chicagotribune.com, 20 July 2017

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