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galumphed

galumphed is the simple past and past participle of galumph.

Meaning of galumph

Verb

galumph (third-person singular simple present galumphs, present participle galumphing, simple past and past participle galumphed)

  1. (intransitive) To move heavily and clumsily, or with a sense of prancing and triumph.
    • He instructed the taxi to wait and galumphed happily up.1935, Dorothy L. Sayers, Gaudy Night
  2. (intransitive) (of a seal) To move across land by undulating the body.

Questions about galumphed

What is galumphed the simple past and past participle of?
Galumphed is the simple past and past participle of galumph.

Words near galumphed in the dictionary

  1. galtraps
  2. galtrop
  3. galtrops
  4. galuchat
  5. galumph
  6. galumphed
  7. galumpher
  8. galumphers
  9. galumphing
  10. galumphingly
  11. galumphs

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