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Associations to the word «Gamboling»

Wiktionary

GAMBOL, verb. (intransitive) To move about playfully; to frolic.
GAMBOL, verb. (British) (West Midlands) to do a forward roll
GAMBOL, noun. An instance of running or skipping about playfully.
GAMBOL, noun. An instance of more general frisking or frolicking.

Dictionary definition

GAMBOL, noun. 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".
GAMBOL, verb. Play boisterously; "The children frolicked in the garden"; "the gamboling lambs in the meadows"; "The toddlers romped in the playroom".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats