to gambol
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8.0
- verb
- /ˈɡæm.bəl/
- Literature
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- As the sun shone brightly, the puppies gambol playfully across the green field.
Examples
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Two dogs, one small and brown, one large, white, and extremely furry, came gamboling toward them.
Fiction book (1992) -
Wally said dolphins were as big as barracudas, but I said dolphins gamboled while barracudas patrolled.
Fiction book (1998) -
...like a couple of puppies gamboling in the grass.
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"He let her go then, and prudently retired a step or two as a large white form came gamboling toward them.
Fiction book (1992) -
In a pastry shop window, marzipan pigs gamboled around chocolate cakes.
Fiction book (1992) -
It gamboled near the surface, twisting like a puppy, its energy mixing and shining with the sun.
Fiction book (1995) -
She, Mrs. Wharton, and Berenson often gamboled along in the Italian that Mrs. Wharton had learned during long childhood visits to the Continent.
Fiction book (2002) -
The children gambol in the park, chasing each other and laughing joyfully.
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After the rain, the kittens gambol on the wet grass, enjoying their playful antics.
Synonyms
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1.1
To play and move quickly in different directions while making noise
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1.0
To move suddenly by jumping, leaping, or bouncing
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2.7
To play or move around in a lively, cheerful way
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4.1
To move with high, lively steps in a playful way
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7.7
To jump and move around in a playful, excited way
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2.8
To run and play in a lively, energetic way
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3.3
To play and move about happily
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7.3
To play and move in a loud, happy way
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2.9
To play in water by moving and making water spray
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5.1
To jump or skip around in a lively, playful way
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4.4
To move in a happy, lively way, often by jumping or skipping
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7.4
To play in a lively, carefree way
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9.6
To enjoy yourself by behaving in a lively, playful way
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8.1
To play and joke in a silly way and sometimes cause trouble
To play and run around in a lively carefree way
Antonyms
How Playful
Surface Forms
Etymology
Gambol as a verb comes from the same idea of 'leg' (see Italian gamba), so it pictures moving your legs in quick, happy jumps. That's why to gambol is to run or jump about playfully.