Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- v. To move or run clumsily or heavily.
Wiktionary
- v. intransitive To move heavily and clumsily.
WordNet 3.0
- v. move around heavily and clumsily
Etymologies
- Back-formation from galumphing in Lewis Carroll's Jabberwocky, where the meaning was different. (Wiktionary)
- Perhaps blend of gallop and triumph. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“So we walked on, me in galumph-appreciative reverie, and stumbled upon a dead porcupine.”
“Most scholarly speculation about what was going on in Carroll’s mind as he coined the word suggests galumph is an amalgam of gallop and triumphant.”
Simon & Schuster: The Right Word in the Right Place at the Right Time
“I hear the inevitable galumph of her broad ass up the stairs, the click of the tiny patent flats she somehow wedges onto her hippopotamus feet.”
“Two men stole my heart last night on Dancing With the Stars, and they couldn't be more different: one's a rookie, one's a pro; one's a big galumph, the other is a slim firecracker.”
“Hay, Goaphurs – yu didnawt galumph enuf – taht wuz SPOZED tu bih inansurr tu Claregurl, uvkoars!”
I don’t see what the problem is. - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger?
“Two of them, “chortle” and “galumph,” eventually became part of the English language.”
Sarah Palin stands by made-up word 'refudiate,' compares self to Shakespeare | EW.com
“It had pulled itself up and was starting to galumph after them, heavy blue-veined lips smearing against the rock.”
Simon & Schuster: Jasper Dash and the Flame-Pits of Delaware
“For the mob of 107 racers behind him, it was more of a galumph.”
The Wall Street Journal: Chill of Victory, Agony of the Feet: The Art of Snowshoe Racing
“They just roar in prehistoric stereo, galumph after the running, screaming humans and flash their overbite.”
“But still, it's spread and all, and looking attractive, and I insouciantly go to pull out the strips of wax paper, and...galumph.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘galumph’.
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Muse's tacet ,to learn
Music brings silence's to raging thoughts and temperament , calm, as it is our object of definite purpose.
tacet, cadence, tempo, treble clef, penultimate, lexicon, origin, orchestra, kantele, magus, eros, coalesce and 248 more...
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Words build meanings from origins( et...
These come from gamma meditation ,I think.
discursive, exogenous, machinations, purportedly, sumptuous, congruity, cantankerous, incongruous, festoon, hessian, ratiocinative, stratigraphic and 2046 more...
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Perambulatory
let's move
dawdle, hie, lollop, promenade, stroll, amble, mosey, gallivant, waddle, galumph, traipse, galumph and 3 more...
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mots justes
No true synonyms, no other word will do.
dysphemism, nyehre, conflate, onomatopœic, galumph, zeitgeist, mercenary, theomeny, git, snarky, sass, smarmy and 46 more...
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portmanteaus
slithy, chortle, mimsy, galumph, maffluent, smog, motel, momentaneous, splisters, swifting, editated, splatter and 73 more...
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onomatopoeic
warble, quibble, quirk, drudgery, chortle, snicker, galumph, thwart, schlock, whimsy, garble, miffed and 25 more...
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Literary Coinage
Wonderful words or phrases authors have invented
jabberwock, thumbfumble, zippicamiknicks, gryphoemia, ansible, gloomth, grok, mimsy, nymphet, smee, runcible spoon, centrifugal bumbl... and 40 more...
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Unsorted
poliorcetikon, lethologica, aegrotat, haha, logolepsy, logomisia, anfractuosity, nudiustertian, tontine, herostrat, acroamatic, bibliotaph and 132 more...
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inkhorn's Words
inkhorn, aplomb, apotheosis, asinine, avatar, bombastic, boorish, bromide, bucolic, cagey, canvass, digress and 991 more...
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words I love to use
kerfuffle, smarmy, sketchy, grim, wheedle, piffle, prattle, loggerheads, snarky, piddling, nix, caterwaul and 90 more...
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Just 'cause I like 'em, G
grocer, gabanergic, gabardine, gabbro, gaffe, gneiss, grapple, grosgrain, grommet, gratify, gossamer, goofy and 194 more...
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Time for a new list!
abrupt, erupt, rupture, sync, appropinquity, heterochromia, homochromatic, monochromatic, willy nilly, nitty gritty, kowtow, wonton and 455 more...
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Twitchy
The (not always so) smoovements; scattered, oscillating, jerky, and unpredictable.
palpitation, scravel, jactitate, pounce, wobble, vibrate, undulate, didder, effleurage, flail, ague, swerve and 169 more...
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vorpal's Words
parabiosis, penumbra, defenestrate, portmanteau, sturm und drang, perspicacious, quixotic, copacetic, obfuscate, inveigle, shadenfreude, cloister and 349 more...
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Ptolemy's Gate
Words and phrases from Jonathan Stroud's book, Ptolemy's Gate.
fall afoul, fleet, tamarisk, krait, inkstone, hotted up, down-market, have a truck with, brio, fatalistic, knock-kneed, conserve and 210 more...
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stpeter's Words
abase, abasement, abashed, abdicate, aberrant, abeyance, abhor, abhorrent, abide, abject, ablation, abnegation and 3536 more...
Tweets
Looking for tweets for galumph.
bilby "Lizards patrol the . . . landscape, and giant tortoises galumph on the beaches."
- Peter M. Nichols, 'Galápagos', New York Times, 30 March 2001. Oct 23, 2009
reesetee Oddly, Lewis Carroll originally coined this to mean "prance in triumph" (possibly a combination of "gallop" and "triumph").
And I think you really have to be wearing heavy boots (or have big paws) to do it. Feb 23, 2008
yarb Except when galumphing for fun or profit. Feb 23, 2008
sionnach unit of wasted motion. Feb 23, 2008
chained_bear Also by a dog of my acquaintance. Feb 13, 2007
adoarns describes the mode of locomotion used by true seals (phocids). Dec 7, 2006