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Antonyms for gambolling

Grammar : Verb
Spell : gam-buhl
Phonetic Transcription : ˈgæm bəl

Definition of gambolling

Origin :
  • "frolic, merrymaking," 1590s, originally gambolde "a leap or spring" (c.1500), from Middle French gambade (15c.), from Late Latin gamba "horse's hock or leg," from Greek kampe "a bending" (on notion of "a joint"), from PIE *kamp- "to bend" (see campus).
  • verb tumble playfully
Example sentences :
  • This man's was different: soft, non-intellectual, warm, a kind of gambolling.
  • Extract from : « Sons and Lovers » by David Herbert Lawrence
  • In your new garden I picture you gambolling with your children.
  • Extract from : « Wagner as I Knew Him » by Ferdinand Christian Wilhelm Praeger
  • She then called upon a dog which was gambolling close at hand.
  • Extract from : « The Myths of the North American Indians » by Lewis Spence
  • Among the tufted bog-rushes, the lambs were gambolling a few yards away.
  • Extract from : « The Gypsy's Parson » by George Hall
  • The first we saw was tons of her gambolling around in the water.
  • Extract from : « The Belted Seas » by Arthur Colton
  • A fine porpoise had been gambolling in the river, near the Haven Bridge.
  • Extract from : « Yarmouth Notes » by Frederick Danby Palmer
  • Here was plenty of animation, plenty of scurrying and gambolling, of laughter and tears.
  • Extract from : « And Even Now » by Max Beerbohm
  • Down the passage came leaping and gambolling the Doctor's marmoset.
  • Extract from : « The Devil Doctor » by Sax Rohmer
  • He was off with a bound, gambolling about her like a wave of the sea.
  • Extract from : « Boy Woodburn » by Alfred Ollivant
  • The dogs were the first to announce the arrival of a friend, gambolling about him.
  • Extract from : « Authors of Greece » by T. W. Lumb

Synonyms for gambolling

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