gambol
Meaning of gambol
verb
- run or jump about playfully.
the mare gambolled towards her
- an act of running or jumping about playfully.
the two of them run off to the woods for a gambol together
early 16th century: alteration of gambade (see gambado1), via French from Italian gambata ‘trip up’, from gamba ‘leg’.
Information about gambol
- The plural form of gambol is: gambols.
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Hyphenation of gambol
gam-bol
- It consists of 2 syllables and 6 chars.
- gambol is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
gambol synonyms
Meaning play:
Meaning frolic:
frolic, lark, rollick, skylark, disport, sport, cavort, frisk, romp
Meaning move along lightly, stepping from one foot to the other with a hop or bounce:
Meaning (of a person) move in a quick and lively way:
Meaning (of a person) walk or move around with ostentatious, exaggerated movements:
Meaning jump or spring a long way, to a great height, or with great force:
Meaning (of a person) move by jumping on one foot:
Meaning push oneself off a surface and into the air by using the muscles in one's legs and feet:
Meaning move or jump suddenly or rapidly upwards or forwards:
Meaning walk or run with leaping strides:
Meaning move in a particular direction in an energetic, happy, or enthusiastic manner:
Meaning (of a horse) perform a series of jumps on the hind legs:
Meaning a movement performed in classical riding, in which the horse leaps from the ground and kicks out with its hind legs:
Words that rhyme with gambol
sambol, Embol, gibbilimbol, lcsymbol, metasymbol, symbol
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