[gam-buh
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verb, -boled, -bol⋅ing or (especially British) -bolled, -bol⋅ling, noun | 1. | to skip about, as in dancing or playing; frolic. |
| 2. | a skipping or frisking about; frolic. |
| 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.] |