play, frolic, romp, gambol, caper
(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”
frolic, lark, rollick, skylark, disport, sport, cavort, gambol, frisk, romp, run around, lark about
(verb) play boisterously; “The children frolicked in the garden”; “the gamboling lambs in the meadows”; “The toddlers romped in the playroom”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
gambol (third-person singular simple present gambols, present participle (US) gamboling or (UK) gambolling, simple past and past participle (US) gamboled or (UK) gambolled)
(intransitive) To move about playfully; to frolic.
(British, West Midlands) To do a forward roll.
gambol (plural gambols)
An instance of running or skipping about playfully.
An instance of more general frisking or frolicking.
Source: Wiktionary
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.]
Definition: A skipping or leaping about in frolic; a hop; a sportive prank. Dryden.
Gam"bol v. i. [imp. & p. p. Gamboled, or Gambolled; p. pr. & vb. n. Gamboling or Gambolling.]
Definition: To dance and skip about in sport; to frisk; to skip; to play in frolic, like boys or lambs.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
24 May 2025
(adjective) sufficiently significant to affect the whole world; “earthshaking proposals”; “the contest was no world-shaking affair”; “the conversation...could hardly be called world-shattering”
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