MEANING
To run or jump about playfully.
Use it for
Words that belong together
- gambol in a field
- gamboling lambs
On the page
The lambs gamboled along the ridge.
Nearby words
Word forms
- Base
- gambol
- Past tense
- gamboled or gambolled
- Past participle
- gamboled or gambolled
- Present participle
- gamboling or gambolling
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- gambol
- Present continuous
- am/is/are gamboling or gambolling
- Present perfect
- have/has gamboled or gambolled
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been gamboling or gambolling
- Past
- gamboled or gambolled
- Past continuous
- was/were gamboling or gambolling
- Past perfect
- had gamboled or gambolled
- Past perfect continuous
- had been gamboling or gambolling
- Future
- will gambol
- Future continuous
- will be gamboling or gambolling
- Future perfect
- will have gamboled or gambolled
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been gamboling or gambolling
Choose the auxiliary that agrees with your subject. These are constructions of one word, not separate entries.
Usage notes
Primary category: literary / elevated general. Forms: gambol; gambols; gamboled or gambolled; gamboled or gambolled; gamboling or gambolling Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: description, character, dialogue. Commonness: moderately common. Third-person singular: gambols.
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