Gambolling

Gambolling
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. [1913 Webster]

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.

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  • gambolling — gam·bol || gæmbl n. frolic, skipping, frisking, capering v. frolic, skip, frisk, caper …   English contemporary dictionary

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  • gambol — gam|bol [ˈgæmbəl] v past tense and past participle gambolled present participle gambolling BrE past tense and past participle gamboled present participle gamboling AmE [i]literary [Date: 1500 1600; : French; Origin: gambade …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • gambol — [[t]gæ̱mb(ə)l[/t]] gambols, gambolling, gambolled VERB If animals or people gambol, they run or jump about in a playful way. [V prep/adv] They gamboled down the passageway. [V prep/adv] ...the sight of newborn lambs gambolling in the fields. Syn …   English dictionary

  • gambol — verb (gambols, gambolling, gambolled; US gambols, gamboling, gamboled) run or jump about playfully. noun an act of gambolling. Origin C16: alt. of obs. gambade, via Fr. from Ital. gambata trip up …   English new terms dictionary

  • gambol — ► VERB (gambolled, gambolling; US gamboled, gamboling) ▪ run or jump about playfully. ► NOUN ▪ an act of gambolling. ORIGIN Italian gambata trip up …   English terms dictionary

  • 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. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Gamboled — 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. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Gamboling — 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. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Gambolled — 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. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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