1. verb /ˈɡæm.bəl/
a) To move about playfully; to frolic.
The lawn spread freely onward, as of old, over which, in sweet company, he had once gambolled.
b) to do a forward roll
[…] she remains near him to suckle him and teach him to choose the delicious grasses of the meadow, in which he gambols until he is grown.
2. noun /ˈɡæm.bəl/
An instance of running or skipping about playfully.
When his gambols were over, I looked at the paper, and, to speak the truth, found myself not a little puzzled at what my friend had depicted.
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