gambol

[gamĀ·bol]

To gambol is to run around playing excitedly. Although the word sounds like "gamble," when you gambol you never lose you just have a great time!

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A skipping or leaping about in frolic; a hop; a sportive prank.

Noun
gay or light-hearted recreational activity for diversion or amusement; "it was all done in play"; "their frolic in the surf threatened to become ugly"

Verb
play boisterously; "The children frolicked in the garden"; "the gamboling lambs in the meadows"; "The toddlers romped in the playroom"


n.
A skipping or leaping about in frolic; a hop; a sportive prank.

v. i.
To dance and skip about in sport; to frisk; to skip; to play in frolic, like boys or lambs.


Gambol

Gam"bol , n. [OE. gambolde, gambaulde, F. gambade, gambol, fr. It. gambata kick, fr. L. gamba leg, akin to F. jambe, OF. also, gambe, fr. L. gamba, hoof or perh. joint: cf. Gr. a binding, winding, W., Ir. & Gael. cam crooked; perh. akin to E. chamber: cf.F. gambiller to kick about. Cf. Jamb, n., Gammon ham, Gambadoes.] A skipping or leaping about in frolic; a hop; a sportive prank. Dryden.

Gambol

Gam"bol v. i. [imp. & p. p. Gamboled , or Gambolled; p. pr. & vb. n. Gamboling or Gambolling.] To dance and skip about in sport; to frisk; to skip; to play in frolic, like boys or lambs.

A skipping or leaping about in frolic; a hop; a sportive prank.

To dance and skip about in sport; to frisk; to skip; to play in frolic, like boys or lambs.

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