Gambol

Definition: Gambol

Gambol

Noun

1. Gay or light-hearted recreational activity for diversion or amusement; "it was all done in play"; "their frolic in the surf threatened to become ugly".

Verb

1. Play boisterously; "The children frolicked in the garden"; "the gamboling lambs in the meadows"; "The toddlers romped in the palyroom".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "gambol" was first used: 1596. (references)

Synonyms: Gambol

Amusement

Play; game, game at romps; gambol, romp, prank, antic, rig, lark, spree, skylarking, vagary, monkey trick, gambade, fredaine, escapade, echappee, bout, espieglerie; practical joke; (ridicule).

Amuse oneself, game; play a game, play pranks, play tricks; sport, disport, toy, wanton, revel, junket, feast, carouse, banquet, make merry, drown care; drive dull care away; frolic, gambol, frisk, romp; caper; dance; (leap); keep up the ball; run a rig, sow one's wild oats, have one's fling, take one's pleasure; paint the town red; see life; desipere in loco, play the fool.

Crosswords: Gambol

A Gambler's Gambol (1916)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Albanian

lodroj (caper), lodrim. (various references)

Arabic 

‏قفز (bound, flier, glove, hop, jump, jump out, leap, leapfrog, leaping, leapt, lope, pop, skip, spring, start up, vault), ‏وثب (bounce, bound, clear, dance, rebound, skip, skipping, spring, start up, vault), ‏طفر فرحا. (various references)

Bulgarian 

рипам, подскок (bounce, bound, leap), подскачам (dap, jig, jump, jump up, leap up, prance, skip, spring, tittup). (various references)

Chinese 

跳跃 (Gamboled, Gamboling, Gambolled, Gambolling, Hopped, Jumped, jumped-up, jumping, Vaulted). (various references)

Czech

skotaèit (cavort, Frisk, frolic, romp), poskakovat (Bob, bounce, cavort, flounce, hop, hop about, scamper about, skip), dovádìt (carry on, cavort, Frisk, play, romp, tittup, wanton), dovádìní (antics, horseplay, romp). (various references)

French

gambader, gambade (gamba, gambade), folâtrer, faire des cabrioles, caracoler. (various references)

German

springen (bounce, bound, branch, burst, come off, crack, dive, diving, hop, jump, jumping, leap, nip, pop, pounce, skim, skip, skip about, spring, sprung, spurt, to jump, to skip, vault, vaulting), herumtanzen (frisk, prance, to frisk, to gambol, waltz about, waltz around), hüpfen (bounce, Frisk, hop, hopping, leap, prance, skim, skip, to frisk, to skip). (various references)

Greek 

χοροπηδώ (caper, cavort, dance, Frisk, hop, jig, leap, romp, skip). (various references)

Hebrew 

לקפוץ (bound, buck, jump, leap, spring), ל�"ל�' (jump, leap, skip, skip over), ל� תר (bound, hop, jump, leap, skip). (various references)

Hungarian

ugrándozás (antics, flounce, hop, jiggle, jumping, rollick, skip, skipping, tittup). (various references)

Italian

salto (bound, caper, gap, hop, jump, leap, skip, somersault, spring), saltellare (bond, caper, cavort, Frisk, hop, jump, prance, skip, trip), capriola (caper, capriole, somersault). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

戯れる (to be amused, to be playful, to flirt with, to frolic, to gambol, to joke, to play, to sport), 巫山戯る (to flirt, to frolic, to gambol, to joke, to make fun of, to romp), 不山戯る (to flirt, to frolic, to gambol, to joke, to make fun of, to romp). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

たわむれる (to be amused, to be playful, to flirt with, to frolic, to gambol, to joke, to play, to sport), ざれる (to be amused, to be playful, to flirt with, to frolic, to gambol, to joke, to play, to sport), ふざける (to flirt, to frolic, to gambol, to joke, to make fun of, to romp), じゃれる (to be amused, to be playful, to flirt with, to frolic, to gambol, to joke, to play, to sport). (various references)

Manx

clistey (bounce, jerk, spring, starting), clistal (bounce, jerk, spring, start). (various references)

Pig Latin

ambolgay.(various references)

Portuguese

salto (bound, caper, dap, fling, frisk, gambade, gambado, heel, hop, jump, leap, ramp, shift, spring, tittup), saltar (breach, caper, frisk, hop, jump, leap, skip, spring), divertir-se (dally, disport oneself, enjoy, feast, flirt, frolic, fun, have fun, jollify, lark, merry-make, move, play, recreate, wassail), divertimento (amusement, distraction, enjoyment, entertainment, frolic, fun, game, jollification, merriment, merry-making, pastime, play, recreation, revel, skittle, sport, treat), dar cambalhotas (caper, caracole, frisk), cambalhota (caper, capriole, dido, flip-flap, flywheel, frisk, gambade, somersault, tumble, wheel), brincar (coquet, fool, frisk, frolic, fun, have a good time, jape, jest, joke, josh, kid, lark, play, romp, toy, trifle), brincadeira (a practical joke, badinage, banter, dalliance, diversion, drollery, escapade, frisk, frolic, fun, gag, game, gibe, gird, hoax, humor, humour, jape, jest, jibe, joke, joking, josh, lark, play, pleasantry, practical joke, prank, raillery, rig, sport, waggery). (various references)

Romanian

zburda (caper, Frisk, frolic, romp), zbenguialã (fiskiness, Frisk, frolic, frolicking, gamboling, riot), se zbengui (dally, Frisk, frolic), salt (bounce, bound, caper, dive, Frisk, header, hop, jump, leap, resilience, saltation, skip, spring, start, vault, vaulting), sãriturã (bounce, bound, hop, jump, leap, rebound, resilience, saltation, somersault, spring), sãri (Bob, bounce, bound, break, caper, dance, dap, frolic, hop, jump, lark, leap, leave out, lop, lope, Miss, rebound, skip, spirt, splash, spout, spring, spurt, start), juca (act, dance, enact, frolic, gamble, game, hazard, interpret, perform, play, present, produce, put on, sport, stake, trifle, wanton), hârjoni (skylark), alinta (caress, Cocker, coddle, fondle, pamper, pet, swing). (various references)

Russian 

резвиться (frolic, lark, rollick, skylarked), прыгать (cavort, cut a caper, cut capers, hop, jump, jumped, leap, leapfrog, leapt, sprang, spring, sprung), прыжок (bounce, bound, caper, capriole, gambado, hop, jump, leap, lunge, prank, skip, spring). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

skakutati (hop, skip), skakutanje (caperer, hop, hopping, saltation, skip). (various references)

Spanish

triscar (mingle, mock, set, tease), retozar (Frisk, play, romp), juguetear (Frisk, frolic, monkey, play about, play around, rollick, toy, wanton), brinco (buck, flaw, hop, jump, leap, skip), brincar (bond, bounce, caper, dance, Frisk, galumph, hop, jump, jump about, jump around, leap, leap about, leapfrog, lift out, romp, skip, spring). (various references)

Swedish

upptåg (antic, antics, caper, cod, Dido, escapade, frisk, frolic, fun, gag, high jinks, jinks, joke, lark, practical joke, prank, rag, spree), skutta (bound, flip, frolic, hop, jump, leap, lope, scamper, skip, spring), skutt (bound, gambade, gambado, hop, jump, leap, skip), glädjesprång (caper, leap for joy). (various references)

Thai

กระโ�"�"โล�"เต้น (cavort, rollick). (various references)

Turkish

zıplamak (bounce, bound, capriole, cavort, dap, hop, jump, leap, prance, ricochet, skip), zıplama (bounce, bound, capriole, hop, jump, saltation, skip, skipping), sıçramak (bounce, bound, buck, capriole, cavort, hop, jerk, jink, jump, leap, leap up, skip, skitter, spatter, splash, splatter, splutter, spring, sputter, squirt, start up, take off, vault), sıçrama (bounce, bouncing, bound, caper, capriole, hop, jump, jumping, leap, rush, saltation, skip, skipping, splash, spring, springing, start, take off, vault, vaulting), hoplamak (caper, cavort, hop, jig, jump, leap, prance), hoplama (caper, jump, jumping, saltation). (various references)

Ukrainian

стрибок (bounce, bound, caper, curvet, dive, gambade, gambado, hop, jump, leap, leaping, pounce, prance, saltation, skip, souse, spirt, spring, spurt), стрибати (bounce, bound, caper, cavort, dance, hop, jump, leap, lope, skip, spring, vault), скакати (bound, caper, cavort, lope), веселощі (cheer, frolic, gaiety, glee, joyfulness, merriment, merry making, mirth, racket, revelry, shindig, shindy). (various references)

Welsh

crychneidio (frisk, skip), crychnaid (leap), campio (frisk, frolic). (various references)

kampe. (various references)

gamba. (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "gambol": gamboled, gamboling, gambolled, gambolling, gambols. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Gambol" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Baumwol, gabal, gabo, gabol, Gambala, Gamball, gambax, gambei, Gambela, Gambella, gambly, gamboa, gamboil, gamboli, gambon, Gambwll, gammal, Gammel, Gammell, gammil, Gammill, Gampola, Gandolf, Gembloux, gembo, Gemmil, Genbel, gimbel, Glanmole, gobol, Grambo, Jambol, Maqbool, Rambol, Ramboll. (additional references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: gloam.

-2 letters: ambo, balm, blam, bola, gamb, gaol, glob, glom, goal, lamb, loam, mola, ogam.

-3 letters: abo, ago, alb, bag, bal, bam, boa, bog, gab, gal, gam, goa, gob, lab, lag, lam, lob, log, mag, moa, mob, mog, mol.

-4 letters: ab, ag, al, am, ba, bo, go, la, lo, ma, mo, om.

+1 letter: gambols, lumbago.

+2 letters: beglamor, gamboled, lumbagos, plumbago.

+3 letters: beglamors, beglamour, gamboling, gambolled, globalism, plumbagos.

+4 letters: beglamored, beglamours, bigamously, gambolling, globalisms, longbowman, phlebogram.

+5 letters: ambiguously, amblygonite, amphibology, bamboozling, beclamoring, beglamoring, beglamoured, emblazoning, mailbombing, megaloblast, mislaboring, mothballing, phlebograms.