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galumph definition

ga·lumph (gə lumf′)

intransitive verb

  1. Now Rare to march or bound along in a self-satisfied, triumphant manner
  2. to move or walk heavily and clumsily

Etymology: coined by Lewis Carroll < gal(lop) + (tri)umph

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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