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noun

variants or gambolling
as in romping

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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 gamboling
Noun
But her gamboling merrymakers, hammy showgirls, and blithe flaneurs insist otherwise. — Jeremy Lybarger, Artforum, 2 June 2026
Verb
His nephew said that, for decades, his grandparents had kept alive a faint hope that maybe their hero son had just been captured and would one day come gamboling through the front door to the family’s Brookside home. — Eric Adler, Kansas City Star, 10 Oct. 2025 Okay, so the cow immediately finds its baby, and then there is a BABY COW gamboling in a field. — Alice Burton, Vulture, 23 Feb. 2026 Know Them By Their Fruits, for example, shows people and animals gamboling among fruit trees, and The Bermuda Triangle of Nacogdoches shows planes crashing into the ocean, in front of a plat of the landlocked town. — Benjamin Lima special Contributor, Dallas Morning News, 7 Feb. 2026 The Paiva children, including Vera (played as a young woman by Valentina Herszage) and Marcelo (played as a boy by Guilherme Silveira), are gamboling on a sunny beach, playing volleyball, and chasing a stray puppy. — Peter Rainer, Christian Science Monitor, 16 Jan. 2025 The foundation's dogs typically eat about 10 metric tons (22,046 pounds) of dry food each year and spend their summers gamboling in the remnants of snow in the mountains before heading 40 kilometers (25 miles) down winding roads back to the kennel in Barryland. — ABC News, 26 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for gamboling
  1. frolic
  2. dancing
  3. dalliance
  4. cavorting
  5. amusement
  6. leaping
  7. relaxation
  8. hopping
Noun
  • The main social space on the ground floor is purposely uncluttered, all the better to shift easily between poolside family frolics, predinner drinks with guests, and ad hoc performances when the muse strikes.
    — Mayer Rus, Architectural Digest, 1 July 2026
  • Since this World Cup began, Boston was captivated by the Tartan Army, and videos of their frolics have gone viral all over the world.
    — Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 19 June 2026
Definition of frolic
Verb
  • Though the statement was initially shared alongside a video of the two of them dancing with their 5-year-old son, Mauz Mosley Muniz, the post was removed.
    — Brendan Morrow, USA Today, 2 July 2026
  • For years the company has pushed the frontier of what legged robots can do, taking inspiration from dancing, parkour, and gymnastics.
    — John Koetsier, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026
Definition of dancing
Noun
  • Some artists have eras, experimental phases, detours, creative dalliances; Arthur Russell’s career, for all its seeming contradictions—classical minimalism and lascivious disco, Zen Buddhist mantras and winsome country pop—was a continuum.
    — Philip Sherburne, Pitchfork, 27 June 2026
  • Stokes, meanwhile, at least has runs under his belt from his two-day dalliance with his county side.
    — Hector Vickers, New York Times, 21 June 2026
Definition of dalliance
Verb
  • Sea-facing rooms have views of passing ships, cavorting dolphins and the magnificent sunsets.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 19 June 2026
  • All along the far side of the canyon, a cluster of dots began to wink on, like fireflies cavorting in a field.
    — New York Times, New York Times, 16 Mar. 2026
Definition of cavorting
Noun
  • Knoebels was named America’s best amusement and water park for 2026 in Tripadvisor’s Travelers’ Choice Awards, which is based on reviews.
    — Eve Chen, USA Today, 3 July 2026
  • Ureña, a 22-year-old right-hander who has emerged as another potential ace, speaks of Soriano with a giddy amusement mixed with a solemn respect for how the starter has survived in the big leagues.
    — Liana Handler, Los Angeles Times, 30 June 2026
Definition of amusement
Verb
  • Then, two batters later, reliever Kyle Hurt threw a four-seam fastball down the middle of the plate, and Machado rocketed the pitch to the center field wall beyond the grasp of a leaping Pages.
    — Liana Handler Follow, Los Angeles Times, 6 July 2026
  • Gonzalez, robbed of a potential first-inning homer when Adell made a leaping catch of his drive above the wall in right, followed with a towering 368-foot fly that cleared the short left-field wall for his first homer of the season and a 7-1 lead.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 5 July 2026
Definition of leaping
Noun
  • Transforming unused outdoor areas creates functional spaces for relaxation and enjoyment.
    — Barbara Bellesi Zito, The Spruce, 1 July 2026
  • Pillars of Greek culture, like an open-air cinema and taverna-inspired dining, anchor the experience, which also offers a standalone spa plus fitness center complete with a Finnish sauna and outdoor yoga deck for extra relaxation.
    — Shannon McMahon, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 July 2026
Definition of relaxation
Verb
  • Biking Barefoot There’s hardly anything more quintessentially Southern than hopping on a bike barefoot—and probably in a wet swimsuit as well—in the summertime to pedal down the street to a friend's house, neighborhood pool, or the shoreline.
    — Cameron Beall, Southern Living, 4 July 2026
  • These stands are also designed and engineered in the US, so hopping on this deal feels appropriate for this upcoming Independence Day weekend.
    — George Yang, PC Magazine, 3 July 2026
Definition of hopping

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“Gamboling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gamboling. Accessed 8 Jul. 2026.

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