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  • verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of galumph.

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Examples

  • The poor girl runs (or, rather, galumphs, while slouching) like Bigfoot in the Patterson-Gimlin film (1967).

    Now we're all sons of bitches. sovay 2008

  • She whacks her front or back half on walls she thinks she's safely past, and awkwardly galumphs everywhere.

    Two Kinds of Love yuki_onna 2009

  • The light on the corner changes and he galumphs after a group of people crossing the street.

    Much Ado About Anne Heather Vogel Frederick 2008

  • The light on the corner changes and he galumphs after a group of people crossing the street.

    Much Ado About Anne Heather Vogel Frederick 2008

  • The light on the corner changes and he galumphs after a group of people crossing the street.

    Much Ado About Anne Heather Vogel Frederick 2008

  • The light on the corner changes and he galumphs after a group of people crossing the street.

    Much Ado About Anne Heather Vogel Frederick 2008

  • The light on the corner changes and he galumphs after a group of people crossing the street.

    Much Ado About Anne Heather Vogel Frederick 2008

  • He makes that abundantly clear in Marley and Me, a very funny valentine to all those four-legged "big, dopey, playful galumphs that seemed to love life with a passion not often seen in this world."

    Marley & Me: Summary and book reviews of Marley & Me by John Grogan. 2005

  • And when Brookie lets the poor thing loose, it galumphs to the mirror and backs up to see its grapy leg.

    The Year's Best Science Fiction 23rd Annual Collection Dozois, Gardner 2006

  • In a review of the latest work of the modern dancer Mark Morris, Anna Kisselgoff, the New York Times dance critic, used a verb of great piquancy: “Mr. Morris galumphs with charm.”

    The Right Word in the Right Place at the Right Time William Safire 2004

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