gambol

Definition of Gambol in English :

1. caper, frolic, gambol, play, romp

gay or light-hearted recreational activity for diversion or amusement

Example Sentences:
'it was all done in play'
'their frolic in the surf threatened to become ugly'

play boisterously

Example Sentences:
'The children frolicked in the garden'
'the gamboling lambs in the meadows'
'The toddlers romped in the playroom'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Gambol

verb -bols, -bolling, -bolled or US -bols, -boling or -boled

1. (intransitive)

to skip or jump about in a playful manner; frolic

noun

2.

a playful antic; frolic

noun

1.

a jumping and skipping about in play; frolic

verb intransitiveWord forms: ˈgamboled or ˈgambolled, ˈgamboling or ˈgambolling

2.

to jump and skip about in play; frolic

intr.v. gam·boled, gam·bol·ing, gam·bols or gam·bolled or gam·bol·ling

To leap about playfully; frolic.

n.

A playful skipping or frolicking about.