Definition of gambol

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gam·bol    (gmbl) KEY 

intr.v.
gam·boled or gam·bolled, gam·bol·ing or gam·bol·ling, gam·bols

To leap about playfully; frolic.

NOUN:

A playful skipping or frolicking about.

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ETYMOLOGY:
Alteration of French gambade, horse's jump, from Old French, perhaps from Old Italian gambata, from gamba, leg, from Late Latin, hoof, perhaps from Greek kamp, bend