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Definitions
Wiktionary
- v. present participle of gambol.
Etymologies
- Alteration of French gambade, horse's jump, from Old French, perhaps from Old Italian gambata, from gamba, leg, from Late Latin, hoof, perhaps from Greek kampē, bend.
Examples
“Walter Pater "gambolling," in the moonlight, on the velvet lawn of his own secluded Oxford garden, like a satin-pawed Wombat!”
“My Quotation reminds me of yours: how sparingly, and always just to the point, introduced; Polus 'gambolling' from the Theme: old Wordsworth's Robin Hood, etc.”
“Apart from a puppy gambolling across your tufted rug or the glint of a new relationship shivering off the walls, the only thing that can turn a cramped and dirty one-bedroom flat into something verging on magical is an expensive scented candle.”
“Patel's gambolling leap of celebration into the dark desert skies will linger long in the memory, as will his dive forward to catch Umar Akmal off Finn to reduce Pakistan to 179 for five.”
The Guardian: Alastair Cook leads way with another ton as England beat Pakistan
“I would love to be the person who saw the otters "gambolling in the snow" because that would be a fantastic sight.”
“Early one morning, when the sun was just up, otters were seen gambolling in the snow.”
“And on one early morning, when the sun was just up, two otters were seen gambolling in the snow.”
“The work is The Pretty Baa Lambs left, which shows a woman and baby in a field of gambolling lambs, and to modern eyes it seems remarkable that it shocked.”
The Guardian: Ford Madox Brown: Pre-Raphaelite radical who shocked the Victorians
“I'll never forget Madan Lal's prodigious leap in his delivery stride, the ball wobbling under dense, oyster clouds and Kapil Dev gambolling in the deep to catch Richards.”
The Guardian: Cricket World Cup needs classic moments – not Bryan Adams – to be a hit | Rob Bagchi
“And, despite some frenetic gambolling and some moments of vivacious beauty, the plots are as much narrated as enacted.”
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