Gambol (verb)
gam-buhl
to skip about, as in dancing or playing; frolic.
(West Mids) (UK) (noun/verb) a somersault/ to do a somersault.
First recorded around 1495–1505. Earlier forms included gambold, gambald, and gamba(u)de.
Example sentences
“We watched the lambs gambol around the field.”
Wonky (adj) won-kee Not straight or balanced, off kilter. First recorded in 1915–20; perhaps variant of dialectal wanky, equivalent to wank(le) ( Middle English wankel, Old English wancol. (more…)
