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Gambol is defined as to jump and skip about playfully.

(verb)

An example of gambol is to lightly hop down the block.

The definition of a gambol is a playful jump or skip.

(noun)

An example of a gambol is a light-hearted hop up a step.

See gambol in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

a jumping and skipping about in play; frolic

Origin: earlier gambolde < Fr gambade, a gambol: see gambado

intransitive verb gamboled or gambolled, gamboling or gambolling

to jump and skip about in play; frolic

See gambol in American Heritage Dictionary 4

intransitive verb gam·boled or gam·bolled, gam·bol·ing or gam·bol·ling, gam·bols

To leap about playfully; frolic.

noun

A playful skipping or frolicking about.

Origin:

Origin: Alteration of French gambade, horse's jump

Origin: , from Old French

Origin: , perhaps from Old Italian gambata

Origin: , from gamba, leg

Origin: , from Late Latin, hoof

Origin: , perhaps from Greek kampē, bend

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