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noun

gambol

gay or light-hearted recreational activity for diversion or amusement

In a sentence

Six example sentences with gambol, each labelled with its topic.

  • The chapter breaks from the trial for a gambol in the orchard, three pages of nothing but children and windfall apples.

    Literature

  • The festival ends with an evening gambol on the beach: bare feet, borrowed guitars, and no schedule at all.

    Travel

  • The painting shows a village gambol at midsummer, all dancing and long shadows, with the harvest work nowhere in sight.

    Art

  • The film's middle hour is a gambol through Paris, all bicycles and picnics, before the plot remembers itself.

    Movies

  • The scherzo is pure gambol, two minutes of skipping rhythms and trills with no serious thought anywhere in it.

    Music

  • Saturday's session was a gambol rather than a workout: a jog to the lake, a swim, and a nap in the grass.

    Fitness

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