gambol
/ˈɡæm.bəl/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.79 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
An instance of more general frisking or frolicking.
Example Sentences
- "The lawn spread freely onward, as of old, over which, in sweet company, he had once gambolled."
- "At our old pastimes in the hall We gambol’d, making vain pretence Of gladness, with an awful sense Of one mute Shadow watching all."
- "[…] she remains near him to suckle him and teach him to choose the delicious grasses of the meadow, in which he gambols until he is grown."
- "And, in very truth, run and leap he did, gambolling wildly down the stretch of lawn outside the long window."
- "In the ecstasy of that thought they gambolled round and round, they hurled themselves into great leaps of excitement."
- "[The whales] quite enjoyed themselves gamboling freely among the waves in the sunshine."
Etymology
Origin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈɡæm.bəl/
- British English: /ˈɡæm.bəl/
Usage
- Intransitive verb
- British usage