as in to shuffle
to move heavily or clumsily
the Great Dane galumphed across the floor to greet us
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Recent Examples of galumph
Another way in which people’s carbon footprints become especially galumphing is through air travel, notably in first class.
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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
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for galumph
Verb
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The Discovery+ streaming service will be shuffled into the Global Networks company.—
Stephen Battaglio,
Los Angeles Times,
9 June 2025
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Boys as young as 10 are shuffling around, carrying trays of flour, starch and pistachios — undistracted by this reporting team's presence.—
Fatma Tanis,
NPR,
7 June 2025
Verb
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In a world where we’re constantly reminded that physical media is dead — that the future is just algorithms stomping our faces, forever — the fact that the Criterion Closet has gone viral suggests that all is not lost.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
29 May 2025
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No one could agree on whether the brawl of as many as nine young men was limited to fists or if its participants were also kicking and stomping.—
Emerson Clarridge,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
23 May 2025
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On a remote island in northern Norway, metal detectorists stumbled upon a pair of bronze treasures.—
Aspen Pflughoeft,
Miami Herald,
4 June 2025
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While sorting through storage in their Rhode Island studio to prep those reissues, Ivy stumbled upon a treasure trove of reel-to-reel tapes and old hard drives with unused material.—
Nina Corcoran,
Pitchfork,
4 June 2025
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“Galumph.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/galumph. Accessed 15 Jun. 2025.
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