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  • verb US Simple past tense and past participle of gambol.

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Examples

  • I enjoyed your "gamboled", russet trees, autumn foliage and the picture you painted with words - large brush strokes of colour.

    A Walk in the Shadows Angcat 2008

  • He drank and "gamboled" with the rest of the boys; but by nature not being vicious and low, the influences were not hopelessly deadening to the better qualities of his character.

    Jane Cable George Barr McCutcheon 1897

  • Time magazine reported that the relieved marines “gamboled in makeshift showers” and even retrieved baseball mitts to play catch while “the roofs of bunkers blossomed with Marines who were not, for a change, either running or ducking.”

    Burial for a King Rebecca Burns 2011

  • Time magazine reported that the relieved marines “gamboled in makeshift showers” and even retrieved baseball mitts to play catch while “the roofs of bunkers blossomed with Marines who were not, for a change, either running or ducking.”

    Burial for a King Rebecca Burns 2011

  • Time magazine reported that the relieved marines “gamboled in makeshift showers” and even retrieved baseball mitts to play catch while “the roofs of bunkers blossomed with Marines who were not, for a change, either running or ducking.”

    Burial for a King Rebecca Burns 2011

  • Time magazine reported that the relieved marines “gamboled in makeshift showers” and even retrieved baseball mitts to play catch while “the roofs of bunkers blossomed with Marines who were not, for a change, either running or ducking.”

    Burial for a King Rebecca Burns 2011

  • While the three dogs—two big and one tiny—gamboled on the beach and darted in and out of the water, Ali walked beside Maddy Watkins.

    Fatal Error J.A. Jance 2011

  • While the three dogs—two big and one tiny—gamboled on the beach and darted in and out of the water, Ali walked beside Maddy Watkins.

    Fatal Error J.A. Jance 2011

  •      They'd originally dropped onto Earth from the loins of Bobo the Simple, the alien god-king who frolicked and gamboled on Everest those eons ago when Earth was still dewy and wet.

    How Veetzers Set Us Up For the Zorks 2010

  • Sheila and Colin unloaded grocery bags from the car while Patsy gamboled in the hedges by the side of the driveway.

    ALONE With You Marisa Silver 2010

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