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Synonyms for gambolled

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

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Définition of gambolled

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 :
  • At eight oclock they started, accompanied by Duk, who frisked and gambolled with delight.
  • Extract from : « The Field of Ice » by Jules Verne
  • He ran, gambolled, and sang for happiness when he saw all this living water.
  • Extract from : « My Double Life » by Sarah Bernhardt
  • He never played and gambolled about with the other puppies of the camp.
  • Extract from : « White Fang » by Jack London
  • It was a very nice-looking kid, and it frisked and gambolled most alluringly.
  • Extract from : « Under the Red Crescent » by Charles S. Ryan
  • Giles seized his and rolled it along the floor and gambolled after it.
  • Extract from : « The Cloister and the Hearth » by Charles Reade
  • Carlo, half maddened with joy, frisked and gambolled round them.
  • Extract from : « The Boys' And Girls' Library » by Various
  • He had gambolled, indeed, but he had gambolled strictly à deux.
  • Extract from : « V. V.'s Eyes » by Henry Sydnor Harrison
  • He followed me and gambolled like a dog, rolling over on the turf and exhibiting his delight in a hundred ways.
  • Extract from : « Lords of the Housetops » by Various
  • As they approached, the dogs all sprang forward, and gambolled around them.
  • Extract from : « Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Volume V (of 10) » by John Gibson Lockhart
  • Here and there the heavens were flecked with fleecy clouds, which gambolled gently before the breeze.
  • Extract from : « The Siege of Mafeking (1900) » by J. Angus Hamilton.

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