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Definition of gambol verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

gambol

verb
 
/ˈɡæmbl/
 
/ˈɡæmbl/
[intransitive]
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they gambol
 
/ˈɡæmbl/
 
/ˈɡæmbl/
he / she / it gambols
 
/ˈɡæmblz/
 
/ˈɡæmblz/
past simple gambolled
 
/ˈɡæmbld/
 
/ˈɡæmbld/
past participle gambolled
 
/ˈɡæmbld/
 
/ˈɡæmbld/
(US English also) past simple gamboled
 
/ˈɡæmbld/
 
/ˈɡæmbld/
(US English also) past participle gamboled
 
/ˈɡæmbld/
 
/ˈɡæmbld/
-ing form gambolling
 
/ˈɡæmblɪŋ/
 
/ˈɡæmblɪŋ/
(US English also) -ing form gamboling
 
/ˈɡæmblɪŋ/
 
/ˈɡæmblɪŋ/
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  1. (+ adv./prep.) to jump or run about in a lively way
    • lambs gambolling in the meadow
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryGambol is used with these nouns as the subject:
    • lamb
    See full entry
    Word Originearly 16th cent.: alteration of gambade, from Spanish gambada, via French from Italian gambata ‘trip up’, from gamba ‘leg’.
See gambol in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary
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