gambol

gambol

to skip about as in dancing or playing; frolic; spring; caper; frisk: We love to see the deer gambol in the forest.
Not to be confused with:gamble – to bet; to take a chance on; venture; hazard; speculation; flyer: I’ll take a gamble on the chance that I’ll win.

gam·bol

G0027900 (găm′bəl)intr.v. gam·boled, gam·bol·ing, gam·bols or gam·bolled or gam·bol·ling To leap about playfully; frolic.n. A playful skipping or frolicking about.

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[Alteration of French gambade, horse's jump, from Old French, perhaps from Old Italian gambata, from gamba, leg, from Late Latin, hoof, from Greek kampē, bend (as in a limb).]

gambol

(ˈɡæmbəl) vb, -bols, -bolling or -bolled, -bols, -boling or -boled (intr) to skip or jump about in a playful manner; frolicna playful antic; frolic[C16: from French gambade; see gambado², jamb]

gam•bol

(ˈgæm bəl)

v. -boled, -bol•ing (esp. Brit.) -bolled, -bol•ling, v.i. 1. to skip about; frolic. n. 2. a skipping or frisking about; frolic. [1495–1505; < Middle French gambade]

gambol

Past participle: gambolled
Gerund: gambolling

Imperative
gambol
gambol

Present
I gambol
you gambol
he/she/it gambols
we gambol
you gambol
they gambol

Preterite
I gambolled
you gambolled
he/she/it gambolled
we gambolled
you gambolled
they gambolled

Present Continuous
I am gambolling
you are gambolling
he/she/it is gambolling
we are gambolling
you are gambolling
they are gambolling

Present Perfect
I have gambolled
you have gambolled
he/she/it has gambolled
we have gambolled
you have gambolled
they have gambolled

Past Continuous
I was gambolling
you were gambolling
he/she/it was gambolling
we were gambolling
you were gambolling
they were gambolling

Past Perfect
I had gambolled
you had gambolled
he/she/it had gambolled
we had gambolled
you had gambolled
they had gambolled

Future
I will gambol
you will gambol
he/she/it will gambol
we will gambol
you will gambol
they will gambol

Future Perfect
I will have gambolled
you will have gambolled
he/she/it will have gambolled
we will have gambolled
you will have gambolled
they will have gambolled

Future Continuous
I will be gambolling
you will be gambolling
he/she/it will be gambolling
we will be gambolling
you will be gambolling
they will be gambolling

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been gambolling
you have been gambolling
he/she/it has been gambolling
we have been gambolling
you have been gambolling
they have been gambolling

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been gambolling
you will have been gambolling
he/she/it will have been gambolling
we will have been gambolling
you will have been gambolling
they will have been gambolling

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been gambolling
you had been gambolling
he/she/it had been gambolling
we had been gambolling
you had been gambolling
they had been gambolling

Conditional
I would gambol
you would gambol
he/she/it would gambol
we would gambol
you would gambol
they would gambol

Past Conditional
I would have gambolled
you would have gambolled
he/she/it would have gambolled
we would have gambolled
you would have gambolled
they would have gambolled

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	gambol - gay or light-hearted recreational activity for diversion or amusement; "it was all done in play"; "their frolic in the surf threatened to become ugly"frolic, romp, caper, playdiversion, recreation - an activity that diverts or amuses or stimulates; "scuba diving is provided as a diversion for tourists"; "for recreation he wrote poetry and solved crossword puzzles"; "drug abuse is often regarded as a form of recreation"coquetry, flirtation, flirting, toying, dalliance, flirt - playful behavior intended to arouse sexual interestfoolery, tomfoolery, lunacy, craziness, folly, indulgence - foolish or senseless behaviorgame - frivolous or trifling behavior; "for actors, memorizing lines is no game"; "for him, life is all fun and games"horseplay - rowdy or boisterous playteasing - playful vexation; "the parody was just a form of teasing"word play - playing on words or speech sounds
Verb	1.	gambol - play boisterously; "The children frolicked in the garden"; "the gamboling lambs in the meadows"; "The toddlers romped in the playroom"frisk, frolic, lark, lark about, rollick, romp, run around, skylark, cavort, disport, sportplay - be at play; be engaged in playful activity; amuse oneself in a way characteristic of children; "The kids were playing outside all day"; "I used to play with trucks as a little girl"

gambol

verb1. frolic, jump, hop, skip, romp, lark, caper, prance, cavort, frisk children gambolling in the fields

gambol

verbTo leap and skip about playfully:caper, cavort, dance, frisk, frolic, rollick, romp.

Translations

嬉戏跳跃雀跃

gambol

(ˈgӕmbl) – past tense, past participle ˈgambolled , (American) ˈgamboled – verb (usually only of lambs) to jump around playfully. (羔羊)跳躍嬉戲 跳跃，雀跃，嬉戏