gambol

[ gam-buhl ]

verb (used without object)

, gam·boled, gam·bol·ing or (especially British) gam·bolled, gam·bol·ling.

1. to skip about, as in dancing or playing; frolic.

   Synonyms: romp, frisk, caper, spring

noun

1. a skipping or frisking about; frolic.

gambol

/ ˈɡæmbəl /

verb

1. intr to skip or jump about in a playful manner; frolic

noun

1. a playful antic; frolic

Word History and Origins

Origin of gambol¹

1495–1505; earlier gambold, gambald, gamba(u)de, from Middle French gambade, variant of gambado ²( def )

Word History and Origins

Origin of gambol¹

C16: from French gambade; see gambado ², jamb

Example Sentences

Five-foot-long river otters gambol in the Pastaza River while pumas, tapirs, and rhinoceros beetles patrol the forest floor.

From The Daily Beast

“Gambol and I sat down and made a meal of his balls,” Juarez tells Luntz.

From The Daily Beast

Strafe is able to gambol about much as usual, though he limps a little and is thinner for his experience.

From Project Gutenberg

Would that we were like unto these ewe lambs, that we might frisk and gambol among them without evil.

From Project Gutenberg

Never did monkey gambol nor make such faces, nor play such wild tricks, as she did that day.

From Project Gutenberg

They hold out every new object for you to see it with them, and look up after each gambol for you to rejoice with them.

From Project Gutenberg

From this we hurried to the Water Garden, and took a last dive into its clear waters and a last gambol amongst its coral groves.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• cavort
• frolic
• prance