Word forms: 3rd person singular presenttense gambols, present participle gambolling, past tense, past participle gambolledregional note: in AM, use gamboling, gamboled
verb
If animals or people gambol, they run or jump about in a playful way.
They gamboled down the passageway. [VERB preposition/adverb]
...the sight of newborn lambs gambolling in the fields. [VERB preposition/adverb]
Synonyms: frolic, jump, hop, skip More Synonyms of gambol
More Synonyms of gambol
gambol in British English
(ˈɡæmbəl)
verbWord forms: -bols, -bolling, -bolledWord forms: US-bols, -boling or -boled
1. (intransitive)
to skip or jump about in a playful manner; frolic
noun
2.
a playful antic; frolic
Word origin
C16: from French gambade; see gambado2, jamb
gambol in American English
(ˈgæmbəl)
noun
1.
a jumping and skipping about in play; frolic
verb intransitiveWord forms: ˈgamboled or ˈgambolled, ˈgamboling or ˈgambolling
2.
to jump and skip about in play; frolic
Word origin
earlier gambolde < Fr gambade, a gambol: see gambado
Examples of 'gambol' in a sentence
gambol
Young and old alike were enjoying watching their gambols.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Then gazed up at distant peaks where the chamois gambolled and the snow still glistened.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
(verb)
Definition
to jump about playfully
children gambolling in the fields
Synonyms
frolic
Tourists sunbathe and frolic in the ocean.
jump
stamping their boots and jumping up and down to knock the snow off
hop
I hopped down three steps.
skip
She was skipping along the pavement.
romp
Dogs romped happily in the garden.
lark
caper
The children were capering about, shouting and laughing.
prance
The cheerleaders pranced on the far side of the pitch.
cavort
children cavorting on the sand
frisk
creatures that grunted and frisked about
curvet
cut a caper
(noun)
Definition
a playful jumping about
Synonyms
frolic
spring
jump
With a few hops and a jump they launched themselves into the air.
hop
`This is a catchy rhythm,' he added with a few hops.
skip
caper
Jack would have nothing to do with such childish capers.
prance
antic
gambado
Seeromp
Nearby words of
gambol
gamble
gambler
gambling
gambol
game
gamin
gamut
Synonyms of 'gambol'
gambol
Explore 'gambol' in the dictionary
Additional synonyms
in the sense of frisk
Definition
to leap, move about, or act in a playful manner
creatures that grunted and frisked about
Synonyms
frolic,
play,
sport,
dance,
trip,
jump,
bounce,
hop,
skip,
romp,
caper,
prance,
cavort,
gambol,
rollick,
curvet
in the sense of hop
Definition
to jump over something
I hopped down three steps.
Synonyms
jump,
spring,
bound,
leap,
skip,
vault,
caper
in the sense of hop
Definition
an instance of hopping
`This is a catchy rhythm,' he added with a few hops.
Synonyms
jump,
step,
spring,
bound,
leap,
bounce,
skip,
vault
in the sense of jump
Definition
to begin doing something immediately
stamping their boots and jumping up and down to knock the snow off
Synonyms
leap,
dance,
spring,
bound,
bounce,
hop,
skip,
caper,
prance,
gambol
in the sense of jump
Definition
the act or an instance of jumping
With a few hops and a jump they launched themselves into the air.
Synonyms
leap,
spring,
skip,
bound,
buck,
hop,
vault,
caper
in the sense of prance
The cheerleaders pranced on the far side of the pitch.
Synonyms
dance,
bound,
leap,
trip,
spring,
jump,
skip,
romp,
caper,
cavort,
frisk,
gambol,
cut a rug (informal)
in the sense of romp
Definition
to play or run about wildly or joyfully
Dogs romped happily in the garden.
Synonyms
frolic,
sport,
skip,
have fun,
revel,
caper,
cavort,
frisk,
gambol,
make merry,
rollick,
roister,
cut capers
in the sense of skip
Definition
to move lightly by hopping from one foot to the other