galumph

[ guh-luhmf ]

verb (used without object)

1. to move along heavily and clumsily.

galumph

/ -ˈlʌmf; ɡəˈlʌmpf /

verb

1. informal.
   intr to leap or move about clumsily or joyfully

Word History and Origins

Origin of galumph¹

1872; phonesthemic invention of Lewis Carroll, perhaps blend of gallop and triumphant

Word History and Origins

Origin of galumph¹

C19 (coined by Lewis Carroll): probably a blend of gallop + triumph

Example Sentences

Its subtitle — “Being American in the World We’ve Made” — suggests that influence only runs one way, that Americans go galumphing about the world while everyone else sits passively awaiting their fate.

From Washington Post

The beachfront location would eliminate the daily drama of loading the car with two toddlers, two dogs, beach chairs, an umbrella and toy shovels, then circling for parking and galumphing to the shore laden with all our stuff.

From Washington Post

The word galumph (which is now put as an ordinary word in English dictionaries) he made out of gallop and triumph.

From Project Gutenberg