gambol

gambol is a 6-letter English word with 4 senses as noun, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A skipping or leaping about in frolic; a hop; a sportive prank. Face value is 11 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

6 letters · Scrabble 11 · Words With Friends 15 · 4 senses

Definitions

1. noun. A skipping or leaping about in frolic; a hop; a sportive prank.
2. intransitive verb. To dance and skip about in sport; to frisk; to skip; to play in frolic, like boys or lambs.
3. noun. gay or light-hearted recreational activity for diversion or amusement

   "it was all done in play"

   "their frolic in the surf threatened to become ugly"

   Synonyms: caper, frolic, play, romp

4. verb. play boisterously

   "The children frolicked in the garden"

   "the gamboling lambs in the meadows"

   Synonyms: cavort, disport, frisk, frolic, lark, rollick, romp, skylark, sport

Synonyms

caper, frolic, play, romp, cavort, disport, frisk, lark, rollick, skylark, sport

Common word forms

gambols, gamboled, gamboler, gamboling, gambolled, gamboller, gambolling

Words from these letters

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