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gamboled

gamboled is the simple past and past participle of gambol.

Meaning of gambol

Verb

gambol (third-person singular simple present gambols, present participle (US) gamboling or (UK) gambolling, simple past and past participle (US) gamboled or (UK) gambolled)

  1. (intransitive) To move about playfully; to frolic.
    • The lawn spread freely onward, as of old, over which, in sweet company, he had once gambolled.1835: William Gilmore Simms, The Partisan: A Romance of the Revolution, chapter XI, page 134 (Harper)
  2. (UK, West-Midlands) To do a forward roll.

See all 4 meanings of gambol

Forms of gamboled

alternative formgambolled

Questions about gamboled

What is gamboled the simple past and past participle of?
Gamboled is the simple past and past participle of gambol.

Words near gamboled in the dictionary

  1. gambogic
  2. gambogic acid
  3. gamboised
  4. gambol
  5. Gambold
  6. gamboled
  7. gamboling
  8. gambolings
  9. gambolled
  10. gamboller
  11. gambollers

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