What does GAMBOL mean?
Definitions for GAMBOL
ˈgæm bəlgam·bol
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word GAMBOL.
Princeton's WordNet
play, frolic, romp, gambol, caperverb
gay or light-hearted recreational activity for diversion or amusement
"it was all done in play"; "their frolic in the surf threatened to become ugly"
frolic, lark, rollick, skylark, disport, sport, cavort, gambol, frisk, romp, run around, lark aboutverb
play boisterously
"The children frolicked in the garden"; "the gamboling lambs in the meadows"; "The toddlers romped in the playroom"
Wiktionary
gambolnoun
An instance of running or skipping about playfully.
gambolverb
To move about playfully; to frolic.
gambolverb
to do a forward roll
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Gambolnoun
Etymology: from the verb.
A gentleman had got a favourite spaniel, that would be still toying and leaping upon him, and playing a thousand pretty gambols. Roger L'Estrange, Fables.
Bacchus through the conquer’d Indies rode,
And beasts in gambols frisk’d before their honest god. Dryden.For who did ever play his gambo’s,
With such insufferable rambles? Hudibras, p. iii. cant. 2.To GAMBOLverb
Etymology: gambiller, French.
Bears, tigers, ounces, pards,
Gambol’d before them. John Milton, Paradise Lost, b. iv.The king of elfs, and little fairy queen,
Gambol’d on heaths, and danc’d on ev’ry green. Dryden.The monsters of the flood
Gambol around him in the wat’ry way,
And heavy whales in aukward measures play. Alexander Pope.’Tis not madness
That I have utter’d; bring me to the test,
And I the matter will record, which madness
Would gambol from. William Shakespeare, Hamlet.
ChatGPT
gambol
Gambol refers to the act of running or jumping around playfully or frolicking. It can be used to describe the joyful, energetic movements of both humans and animals.
Webster Dictionary
Gambolnoun
a skipping or leaping about in frolic; a hop; a sportive prank
Gambolverb
to dance and skip about in sport; to frisk; to skip; to play in frolic, like boys or lambs
Etymology: [OE. gambolde, gambaulde, F. gambade, gambol, fr. It. gambata kick, fr. L. gamba leg, akin to F. jambe, OF. also, gambe, fr. L. gamba, hoof or perh. joint: cf. Gr. a binding, winding, W., Ir. & Gael. cam crooked; perhaps akin to E. chamber: cf.F. gambiller to kick about. Cf. Jamb, n., Gammon ham, Gambadoes.]
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Gambol
gam′bol, v.i. to leap, skip: to frisk in sport:—pr.p. gam&primprime;bolling; pa.p. gam′bolled.—n. a skipping: playfulness. [Formerly gambold—O. Fr. gambade—It. gambata, a kick—Low L. gamba, leg.]
Surnames Frequency by Census Records
GAMBOL
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Gambol is ranked #79598 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
The Gambol surname appeared 239 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Gambol.
50.6% or 121 total occurrences were White.
29.7% or 71 total occurrences were Asian.
8.7% or 21 total occurrences were Black.
6.6% or 16 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
4.1% or 10 total occurrences were of two or more races.
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of GAMBOL in Chaldean Numerology is: 2
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of GAMBOL in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5
Examples of GAMBOL in a Sentence
Twas Christmas broach'd the mightiest ale; 'twas Christmas told the merriest tale; a Christmas gambol oft could cheer the poor man's heart through half the year.
Hares can gambol over the body of a dead lion.
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