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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. v. To move or run clumsily or heavily.

Wiktionary

  1. v. To move heavily and clumsily.

WordNet 3.0

  1. v. move around heavily and clumsily

Etymologies

  1. Perhaps blend of gallop and triumph.

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  • 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

‘galumph’ has been looked up 1744 times, loved by 8 people, added to 44 lists, commented on 6 times, and has a Scrabble score of 15.