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Gamboling

Gambol \Gam"bol\ v. i. [imp. & p. p. Gamboled, or Gambolled; p. pr. & vb. n. Gamboling or Gambolling.] To dance and skip about in sport; to frisk; to skip; to play in frolic, like boys or lambs.

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gamboling

alt. (context US English) (present participle of gambol English) n. (alternative form of gambolling English) vb. (context US English) (present participle of gambol English)

Usage examples of "gamboling".

Gold and silver lightning shot through them, going around and around, bouncing from facet to flaw and on again, gamboling otterlike in the stones.

As always, the blacksmith's son marveled at how quickly the newborn lambs could start gamboling across the grass after their mothers —and how quickly they could go gamboling off straight into trouble.

His watermelon-pink tongue lapped out, his whole body wig­gled and his joyful contortions were as ludicrous as the gambolings of a mastiff.