noun
Meaning 1
An instance of running or skipping about playfully.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
gambol
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Sound
Pronunciation
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UK, US: /ˈɡæm.bəl/
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US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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rhymes with -æmbəl
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homophone: gamble
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rhymes with -əʊl
noun
Meaning 2
An instance of more general frisking or frolicking.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 3
To move about playfully; to frolic.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
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Synonyms: none provided
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verb
Meaning 4
To do a forward roll.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, West-Midlands
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Synonyms: none provided
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noun
Meaning 5
gay or light-hearted recreational activity for diversion or amusement
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- it was all done in play
- their frolic in the surf threatened to become ugly
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: play, frolic, romp, caper
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: diversion, recreation
Narrower terms: flirt, flirting, flirtation, coquetry, dalliance, toying, folly, foolery, tomfoolery, craziness, lunacy, indulgence, game, horseplay, teasing, word play
verb
Meaning 6
play boisterously
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- The children frolicked in the garden
- the gamboling lambs in the meadows
- The toddlers romped in the playroom
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: frolic, lark, rollick, skylark, disport, sport, cavort, frisk, romp, run around, lark about
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: play
History
Etymology
From earlier gambolde, from Middle French gambade (modern gambade).
Across languages
Translations
27 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: подскок (podskok) — instance
- Finnish: kirmailu — instance
- French: gambade — instance
- Georgian: ხტუნაობა (xṭunaoba) — instance
- Georgian: ცელქობა (celkoba) — instance
- Georgian: ციგლიგი (cigligi) — instance
- Georgian: ნავარდი (navardi) — instance
- German: Tollerei — instance
- Māori: tuapa — instance
- Bulgarian: подскачам от радост (podskačam ot radost) — to move about playfully
- Dutch: dollen — to move about playfully
- Finnish: kirmata — to move about playfully
- Finnish: kirmailla — to move about playfully
- French: gambader — to move about playfully
- Georgian: ხტუნავს (xṭunavs) — to move about playfully
- Georgian: ცელქობს (celkobs) — to move about playfully
- Georgian: ნავარდობს (navardobs) — to move about playfully
- Georgian: ციგლიგებს (cigligebs) — to move about playfully
- German: herumtollen — to move about playfully
- German: herumhüpfen — to move about playfully
- German: herumspringen — to move about playfully
- Irish: pocléim — to move about playfully
- Māori: tuapa — to move about playfully
- Māori: tākarokaro — to move about playfully
- Russian: резви́ться (rezvítʹsja) — to move about playfully
- Finnish: tehdä kuperkeikka — to do a forward roll
- Hungarian: bukfencezik — to do a forward roll