gambol
pronunciation
How to pronounce gambol in British English:
UK [ˈgæmbl]
How to pronounce gambol in American English:
US [ˈɡæmbəl]
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- Noun:
- gay or light-hearted recreational activity for diversion or amusement
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- Verb:
- play boisterously
Word Origin
- gambol (n.)
- "frolic, merrymaking," 1590s, earlier gambolde "a skipping, a leap or spring" (1510s), from Middle French gambade (15c.), from Late Latin gamba "horse's hock or leg," from Greek kampe "a bending" (on notion of "a joint"), from PIE *kamp- "to bend" (see campus). Ending altered perhaps by confusion with formerly common ending -aud, -ald (as in ribald).
- gambol (v.)
- "skip about in sport," 1580s; earlier gambade (c. 1500), from Middle French gambader, from gambade (see gambol (n.)). Compare Middle English gambon "a ham" (see gammon); English dialectal gammerel "small of the leg;" gamble "a leg." Related: Gamboled; gamboling; gambolling.
Example
- 1. Gambol and japes wizarding joke shop .
- 2. It 's a real treat to have the opportunity to meet dr. gambol .
- 3. When you want to sing you happy gambol , tell him you will be the first time , because you want to share it with him on your side your happiness and worry-free , hug and happy with sth.
- 4. If you 've got period , you actually ought drop in on winnie the pooh at hundred akka wood , and hit a rapid gambol with tigger .