Gambol Definition
gămbəl
gamboled, gamboling, gambolled, gambolling, gambols
verb
gamboled, gamboling, gambolled, gambolling, gambols
To jump and skip about in play; frolic.
Webster's New World
(UK, regional) To do a forward roll.
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noun
gambols
A jumping and skipping about in play; frolic.
Webster's New World
An instance of more general frisking or frolicking.
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Other Word Forms of Gambol
Noun
Singular:
gambolPlural:
gambolsOrigin of Gambol
Alteration of French gambade horse's jump from Old French perhaps from Old Italian gambata from gamba leg from Late Latin hoof from Greek kampē bend (as in a limb)
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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From earlier gambolde, from Middle French gambade
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