verb
- present participle of gambol; running or jumping about playfully
Usage: British spelling; American spelling is ‘gamboling’
Examples
- The lambs were gambolling in the meadow.
- Children came gambolling down the hill toward the playground.
- The puppies spent the afternoon gambolling in the yard.
- We watched the foals gambolling freely in the pasture.
- The dolphins were gambolling in the waves near the shore.
- She found her cat gambolling with a ball of yarn.