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verb (used without object)
to move along heavily and clumsily.
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Galumph
is one of our favorite verbs.
So is skedaddle. Does it mean:
| to run away hurriedly; flee. |
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Example Sentences
- Lucia's speech, in the momentary stillness, continued to galumph indignantly through her head.
- The knock-knees and flat feet less happy at a run than a galumph.
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Word Origin & History
galumph
"to prance about in a self-satisfied manner," 1872, coined by Lewis Carroll in "Jabberwocky," apparently by blending gallop and triumph. Related: Galumphing.
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galumph (around) definition[gəˈlʊmpf...]
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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