gambol

Definitions


[ˈɡambl], (Verb)

Definitions:
- run or jump about playfully
(e.g: the mare gambolled towards her)


Phrases:

Origin:
early 16th century: alteration of gambade (see gambado), via French from Italian gambata ‘trip up’, from gamba ‘leg’


[ˈɡambl], (Noun)

Definitions:
- an act of running or jumping about playfully
(e.g: the two of them run off to the woods for a gambol together)


Phrases:

Origin:
early 16th century: alteration of gambade (see gambado), via French from Italian gambata ‘trip up’, from gamba ‘leg’




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