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Gambol - 3 dictionary results

gam⋅bol

[gam-buhl] verb, -boled, -bol⋅ing or (especially British) -bolled, -bol⋅ling, noun
–verb (used without object)
1. to skip about, as in dancing or playing; frolic.
–noun
2. a skipping or frisking about; frolic.

Origin:
1495–1505; earlier gambold, gambald, gamba(u)de < MF gambade; see gambade


1. spring, caper, frisk, romp.
gam·bol   (gām'bəl)   
intr.v.   gam·boled or gam·bolled, gam·bol·ing or gam·bol·ling, gam·bols
To leap about playfully; frolic.
n.  A playful skipping or frolicking about.

[Alteration of French gambade, horse's jump, from Old French, perhaps from Old Italian gambata, from gamba, leg, from Late Latin, hoof, perhaps from Greek kampē, bend.]

gambol  (n.)
1513, originally gambolde "a leap or spring," from M.Fr. gambade, from L.L. gamba "horse's hock or leg," from Gk. kampe "bend." The verb is first attested 1508.
Language Translation for : Gambol
Spanish: brincar, retozar, saltar,
German: herumhüpfen,
Japanese: はね回る
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