Meaning

2 senses

  1. (intransitive)To move about playfully; to frolic.

    herumtollen, herumhüpfen, herumspringen

    резви́тьсяrezvítʹsja

  2. (UK, West Midlands)To do a forward roll.

More definitions
  • play boisterously

Examples

1 sentences

  1. Benedito smiled as his billy goat gamboled in a field of wildflowers.

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Translations

3 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
to move about playfully:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
to move about playfully:

Origin

From earlier gambolde, from Middle French gambade (modern gambade).

From earlier gambolde, from Middle French gambade (modern gambade).

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Forms

gambols, gamboling, gamboled, gamboled
Base formgambol · to gambol
3rd person singulargambols
Present participlegamboling
Past simplegamboled / gambolled
Past participlegamboled / gambolled

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theygambol
he, she, itgambols

Past simpleLesson

all personsgamboled

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave gamboled
he, she, ithas gamboled

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill gambol

Synonyms

11 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

1 related words
Derivedgamboller

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
gamagamblegamblergameA1gameplay
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