gambol
verb
[ ˈɡamb(ə)l ]
• run or jump about playfully.
• "the mare gambolled towards her"
Similar:
frolic,
frisk,
cavort,
caper,
skip,
dance,
romp,
prance,
leap,
hop,
jump,
spring,
bound,
bounce,
play,
sport,
rollick,
curvet,
capriole,
gambol
noun
• an act of running or jumping about playfully.
• "the two of them run off to the woods for a gambol together"
Origin:
early 16th century: alteration of gambade (see gambado1), via French from Italian gambata ‘trip up’, from gamba ‘leg’.
