Definition of 'gambol'
Word forms: gambols, gamboling, gamboledregional note: in BRIT, use gambolling, gambolled
intransitive verb
If animals or people gambol, they run or jump about in a playful way.
...the sight of newborn lambs gamboling in the fields.
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gambol in American English
noun
1.
a jumping and skipping about in
play; frolic
verb intransitiveWord forms: ˈgamboled or ˈgambolled, ˈgamboling or ˈgambolling
2.
to jump and skip about in play; frolic
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Word Frequency
gambol in British English
verbWord forms: -bols, -bolling, -bolledWord forms: US -bols, -boling or -boled
noun
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C16: from French gambade; see gambado2, jambTrends of
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