as in spree
a time or instance of carefree fun
she and her old college roommate headed off for one final European gambol before returning to the States to start their separate careers
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as in to cavort
to play and run about happily
dog owners chat while their pooches gambol on the park's great lawn
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Recent Examples of gambol
Claire Messud, WSJ, 30 Apr. 2020
Designed by Amanda Villalobos, the prehistoric arthropods in this show gambol about with googly eyes and flicking antennas and tails.
—Laurel Graeber, New York Times, 10 Feb. 2020
Jeanette Marantos, Los Angeles Times, 30 Aug. 2023
Just as creepy to me was the mural on the Farmer John slaughterhouse in Vernon, a bucolic panorama of happy piglets gamboling with kids and sleeping under shady trees — a gory dissonance to the daily assembly-line killing of thousands of pigs inside the abattoir.
—Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 17 Aug. 2023
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Noun
In my backyard, rabbits gambol, squirrels leap and the birds sing with a new exuberance now that there’s no traffic noise from the nearby highway.
—Claire Messud, WSJ, 30 Apr. 2020
Designed by Amanda Villalobos, the prehistoric arthropods in this show gambol about with googly eyes and flicking antennas and tails.
—Laurel Graeber, New York Times, 10 Feb. 2020
Verb
Her puppies gambol around her, looking healthy and excited, but everyone else seems momentarily stunned by this story.
—Jeanette Marantos, Los Angeles Times, 30 Aug. 2023
Just as creepy to me was the mural on the Farmer John slaughterhouse in Vernon, a bucolic panorama of happy piglets gamboling with kids and sleeping under shady trees — a gory dissonance to the daily assembly-line killing of thousands of pigs inside the abattoir.
—Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 17 Aug. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gambol
Noun
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The Los Angeles Dodgers' offseason spending spree might not be over, but their future salary commitments have risen to nearly half a billion dollars already.—
Gordon G. Chang,
Newsweek,
25 Jan. 2025
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In their first two playoff games, the Bills combined their outstanding running game and a shutdown defensive effort to defeat the Broncos, and a takeaway spree to get the job done against the Ravens.—
Joe Buscaglia,
The Athletic,
24 Jan. 2025
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For a year or two along the way, Dan's wife, Marilyn, wore a cub costume and also cavorted on the sideline.—
Neal Rubin,
Detroit Free Press,
12 Dec. 2024
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Some 500 of them cavorted at Frank Buck’s Jungle Camp on a humanmade structure called Monkey Mountain.—
Greg Daugherty,
Smithsonian Magazine,
2 Dec. 2024
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Multiple times, this game looked to be a Penn State romp.—
Chris Branch,
The Athletic,
10 Jan. 2025
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Last week, episode 5 presented a colorful romp through the sort of setting that George Lucas would love, and the new year has gifted us a slower but very heartfelt sixth chapter that's all about strengthening the bonds between the lost children.—
Ian Stokes,
Space.com,
2 Jan. 2025
Verb
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Free coffee for dancing customers at this cafe — check it out!—
Christine Rousselle,
Fox News,
16 Jan. 2025
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The result was a humanoid robot able to seamlessly walk, dodge, squat, and dance by copying a human.—
Mack DeGeurin,
Popular Science,
16 Jan. 2025
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Our revels are over when she’s called back on set in Nashville to continue filming Scarpetta, the Amazon TV adaptation of Patricia Cornwall’s bestselling novels about crime-solving forensic pathologist Kay Scarpetta, with Jamie Lee Curtis playing her sister and Ariana DeBose as her niece.—
Baz Bamigboye,
Deadline,
5 Dec. 2024
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Salem's focus on confronting a difficult history, teamed with clever marketing and the explosion of the holiday into a mainstream cultural force, has made Salem the country's go-to spot for Halloween revels.—
Mike Deehan,
Axios,
28 Oct. 2024
Verb
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For kids, there’s also The Snow Zone, a place to play and frolic in the snow.—
Stacey Lastoe,
Southern Living,
12 Jan. 2025
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On January 1, Markle celebrated the new year by frolicking barefoot on a seemingly empty beach in a loose-fitting white button-up and white capris pants.—
Emily Tannenbaum,
Glamour,
1 Jan. 2025
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On a lark, Murphy suggested an alternative: start a pro-basketball league.—
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airmail.news,
31 Aug. 2024
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Zoologists proposed splitting two species of sub-Saharan larks into seven, and three subspecies of soft-furred southeast Asian hedgehogs were elevated to the rank of species.—
Rafil Kroll-Zaidi,
Harper's Magazine,
2 Mar. 2024
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The beer is double dry hopped with nelson, citra and motueka hops.—
Erik Ofgang,
Forbes,
19 Jan. 2025
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Afterward, hop around the downtown park, which is lined with wine bars and tasting rooms like Hope on the Park.—
Tanvi Chheda,
AFAR Media,
17 Jan. 2025
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“Gambol.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gambol. Accessed 31 Jan. 2025.
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