gambolled
Use Gambolled in a sentencegam·bol
[gam-buh
l] verb, gam·boled, gam·bol·ing or ( especially British ) gam·bolled, gam·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 < Middle French gambade; see gambade
1495–1505; earlier gambold, gambald, gamba(u)de < Middle French gambade; see gambade
Related forms
un·gam·boled, adjective
un·gam·bol·ing, adjective
un·gam·bolled, adjective
un·gam·bol·ling, adjective
Synonyms
1. spring, caper, frisk, romp.
1. spring, caper, frisk, romp.
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| —vb , (US) -bols, -bolling, -bolled, -bols, -boling, -boled | |
| 1. | (intr) to skip or jump about in a playful manner; frolic |
| —n | |
| 2. | a playful antic; frolic |
| [C16: from French gambade; see | |
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Word Origin & History
gambol
1510s, 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 c.1500. Related: Gamboled; gamboling; gambolling.
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Example sentences
She was his chosen one among that family of boisterous sisters who gambolled round him in high-days and holidays.
Nowhere is the beauty of his that perpetually barked and gambolled style more manifest, nowhere are the about him.
At home he romped and gambolled on a bed and no one said him nay.
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