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gamboling

gamboling is the present participle and gerund of gambol.

gamboling is the alternative form of gambolling.

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

Meaning of gambolling

Noun

gambolling (plural gambollings)

  1. The act of one who gambols.

Forms of gamboling

Verb
alternative formgambolling
Noun
pluralgambolings

Questions about gamboling

What is gamboling the present participle and gerund of?
Gamboling is the present participle and gerund of gambol.

Words near gamboling in the dictionary

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

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