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noun

variants or gambolling
Definition of gambolingnext
as in romping

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gamboling

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verb

variants or gambolling
present participle of gambol
as in dancing
to play and run about happily dog owners chat while their pooches gambol on the park's great lawn

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gamboling
  1. leaping
  2. frolic
  3. dalliance
  4. amusement
  5. relaxation
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  • The image of the king leaping into the void, and sacrificing himself to buy the kingdom more time and put the genie back in the bottle, that was an image that came in the very first writer’s room five years ago in Santa Monica.
    Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 3 Oct. 2024
  • No one of Rose’s modest height in NBA history played the point guard position with his combination of force, speed and leaping ability.
    The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 29 Sep. 2024
Definition of leaping
Noun
  • Just one day before spirits celebrate a night of frolic on Halloween, The View has once again proven itself to be our planet's foremost breeding ground for noises emanating from another realm (either that or, as Joy Behar observed, an audience member falling off-camera).
    EW.com, EW.com, 30 Oct. 2024
  • All those dogs with no sanctioned place to bark and hump and frolic and fight.
    Christopher Robbins, Curbed, 15 Aug. 2024
Definition of frolic
Noun
  • When Cutler replies that Andy did in fact know, Martha dismisses her own affairs as minor dalliances.
    Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 1 Nov. 2024
  • No one exemplifies the boom and bust – the flash and dalliances with the justice system – of the American Dream more than President Trump.
    Ryan Craig, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2024
Definition of dalliance
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  • The woman, Felicity Irvine, shared a candid video of her amusement after learning what had really caught her partner's eye to TikTok on October 16.
    Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 31 Oct. 2024
  • Along the way, he’s been writing: plays, screenplays, silly songs for his private amusement, and humor pieces for McSweeney’s and The New Yorker.
    Michael Schulman, The New Yorker, 27 Oct. 2024
Definition of amusement
Noun
  • At Rosewood, rest and relaxation is also at the top of the menu.
    Rebekah Evans, The Week UK, theweek, 18 Nov. 2024
  • Mack doesn’t put on his helmet and pads, but that doesn’t mean the day is one of pure relaxation.
    Elliott Teaford, Orange County Register, 8 Nov. 2024
Definition of relaxation
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gamboling

gambols

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