Gambol

Quick meaning: Gambol is a verb meaning (intransitive) To move about playfully; to frolic.

Meaning

(intransitive) To move about playfully; to frolic.

More Meanings

1. (British, West Midlands) To do a forward roll.
2. An instance of running or skipping about playfully.
3. An instance of more general frisking or frolicking.

Example Sentences

They were in the white wood / Gamboling out to picnic

[The whales] quite enjoyed themselves gamboling freely among the waves in the sunshine.

The lawn spread freely onward, as of old, over which, in sweet company, he had once gambolled.

And, in very truth, run and leap he did, gambolling wildly down the stretch of lawn outside the long window.

Word Forms

• gambols
• gamboling
• gambolling
• gamboled
• gambolled

Synonyms for gambol

Depending on context, synonyms include caper, frolic, play, disport, cavort, romp.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include cavort, caper, rollick, frolic, disport, romp.

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