gambol

Plural: gambols

Noun

• gay or light-hearted recreational activity for diversion or amusement
• An instance of running or skipping about playfully.
• An instance of more general frisking or frolicking.

Verb

Verb Forms: gamboled, gamboling, gambols, gambolled, gambolling

• To skip or frolic about in a playful manner.
• play boisterously
  • "the gamboling lambs in the meadows"
• To move about playfully; to frolic.
• To do a forward roll.

Examples

• The tiles seemed to GAMBOL playfully on the rack, refusing to form a high-scoring word.

Synonyms

caper, cavort, disport, frisk, frolic, lark, lark about, play, rollick, romp, run around, skylark, sport

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