gambols
Meaning of gambols
verb, 3rd person present
- run or jump about playfully.
the mare gambolled towards her
- an act of running or jumping about playfully.
the two of them run off to the woods for a gambol together
early 16th century: alteration of gambade (see gambado1), via French from Italian gambata ‘trip up’, from gamba ‘leg’.
Information about gambols
- The singular form of gambols is: gambol.
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Hyphenation of gambols
gam-bols
- It consists of 2 syllables and 7 chars.
- gambols is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
gambols synonyms
Meaning play or move about in a cheerful and lively way:
Meaning skip or leap playfully; frolic:
Meaning jump or dance around excitedly:
Meaning skip or dance about in a lively or playful way:
Meaning move along lightly, stepping from one foot to the other with a hop or bounce:
Meaning (of a person) move in a quick and lively way:
Meaning (especially of a child or animal) play roughly and energetically:
Meaning (of a person) walk or move around with ostentatious, exaggerated movements:
Meaning jump or spring a long way, to a great height, or with great force:
Meaning (of a person) move by jumping on one foot:
Meaning push oneself off a surface and into the air by using the muscles in one's legs and feet:
Meaning move or jump suddenly or rapidly upwards or forwards:
Meaning walk or run with leaping strides:
Meaning move in a particular direction in an energetic, happy, or enthusiastic manner:
Meaning engage in activity for enjoyment and recreation rather than a serious or practical purpose:
Meaning play in a lively, energetic way:
Meaning act or behave in a jovial and exuberant fashion:
Meaning (of a horse) perform a series of jumps on the hind legs:
Meaning a movement performed in classical riding, in which the horse leaps from the ground and kicks out with its hind legs:
Words that rhyme with gambols
chibols, cibols, sambols, symbols, diobols, obols, phorbols
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