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gambolling

VERB

tumble playfully

Synonyms

STRONGEST

cavort frolic prance

STRONG

bound caper cut frisk hop jump lark leap play revel roister rollick romp skip sport spring

WEAK

carry on cut a caper cut loose fool around horse around kibitz around kick up one's heels whoop it up

Antonyms

STRONG

face

Example Sentences

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And, if you dig the ship, check out the mother—the queen of the meanies, who rolls up late in the show, gambolling across salt flats toward a school bus full of innocent children.

From The New Yorker • Jun. 27, 2016

The gambolling creatures we habitually count to get to sleep are recast as necrotic nightmares, a World War Z-style rolling wave of bad baa juju.

From The Guardian • Jan. 9, 2016

Temmer, in fact, looks almost hysterical, as though a herd of puppies with bows on are gambolling straight towards her.

From The Guardian • Feb. 12, 2013

And, despite some frenetic gambolling and some moments of vivacious beauty, the plots are as much narrated as enacted.

From The Guardian • Aug. 27, 2011

I leaned back in the embrasure in a more comfortable position, so that I could enjoy more fully the aërial gambolling.

From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker