English-Thai Dictionary

gambol

VI กระโดดโลดเต้น  jump leap bound kra-dod-lod-ten

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

GAMBOL

v.i. 1. To dance and skip about in sport; to frisk; to leap; to play in frolic, like boys and lambs.
2. To leap; to start.

 

GAMBOL

n.A skipping or leaping about in frolic; a skip; a hop; a leap; a sportive prank.

 

GAMBOLING

ppr. Leaping; frisking; playing pranks.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

GAMBOL

Gam "bol, n. Etym: [OE. gambolde, gambaulde, F. gambade, gambol, fr. It. gambata kick, fr. L. gamba leg, akin to F. jambe, OF. also, gambe, fr. L. gamba, hoof or perh. joint: cf. Gr. cam crooked; perh. akin to E. chamber: cf. F. gambiller to kick about. Cf. Jamb, n., Gammon ham, Gambadoes. ]

 

Defn: A skipping or leaping about in frolic; a hop; a sportive prank. Dryden.

 

GAMBOL

Gam "bol v. i. [imp. & p. p. Gamboled, or Gambolled; p. pr. & vb. n.Gamboling or Gambolling.]

 

Defn: To dance and skip about in sport; to frisk; to skip; to play in frolic, like boys or lambs.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

gambol

gam bol |ˈgambəl ˈɡæmbəl | ▶verb ( gambols, gamboling , gamboled; Brit. gambols, gambolling, gambolled ) [ no obj. ] run or jump about playfully: the mare gamboled toward Connie. ▶noun [ usu. in sing. ] an act of running or jumping about playfully. ORIGIN early 16th cent.: alteration of obsolete gambade, via French from Italian gambata ‘trip up, ’ from gamba ‘leg. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

gambol

gam ¦bol |ˈgamb (ə )l | ▶verb ( gambols, gambolling, gambolled; US gambols, gamboling, gamboled ) [ no obj., usu. with adverbial ] run or jump about playfully: the mare gambolled towards Constance. ▶noun an act of running or jumping about playfully. ORIGIN early 16th cent.: alteration of gambade (see gambado 1 ), via French from Italian gambata ‘trip up ’, from gamba ‘leg ’.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

gambol

gambol verb lambs gamboled in the pasture: frolic, frisk, cavort, caper, skip, dance, romp, prance, leap, hop, jump, spring, bound, bounce; play; dated sport.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

gambol

gambol verb the foal gambolled beside its mother: frolic, frisk, cavort, caper, skip, dance, romp, prance, leap, hop, jump, spring, bound, bounce; play; dated sport; rare rollick, curvet, capriole.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

gambol

gam bol /ɡǽmb (ə )l /動詞 ～s ; ～ed , ｟英 ｠～led ; ～ing , ｟英 ｠～ling 自動詞 ｟米 ｠〖～＋副詞 〗〈人 動物などが 〉楽しそうに跳ね回る ; はしゃぐ .名詞 C 跳ね回ること .