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To skip around joyfully, like you forgot gravity and adulthood at the same time.
means To run or jump about playfully and carefree, the way lambs or children do when nothing is weighing on them.
from Traces back through French 'gambade' (a leap or caper) to Italian 'gamba,' meaning leg — the same root that gives us 'gambit' and 'jamb.' So at bottom, gambol is just the leg's word for joy: a hop traced all the way back to the limb that does it.
- not gamble
- no money lost, only dignity, maybe
- word origin
- from old french gambade, meaning leg movement
- usual suspects
- lambs, puppies, people in shampoo commercials
- grammar note
- always a verb, never a cool noun