Meaning

2 senses
  1. An instance of running or skipping about playfully.

    Tollerei

  2. An instance of more general frisking or frolicking.

More definitions
  • gay or light-hearted recreational activity for diversion or amusement

Examples

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

Translations

2 languages
Deutsch
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Origin

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

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

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Forms

plural: gambols
Singulargambol
Pluralgambols

regular

Synonyms

4 synonyms
Close in meaning

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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