gambol
verb (used without object)
to skip about, as in dancing or playing; frolic.
had gambolled
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past perfectof gambol.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Windows and doors stood wide to admit the cool, rising breeze; and a big dog, that had gambolled up all the way, set up a bass bark of recognition.
From Kate Danton, or, Captain Danton's Daughters A Novel by May Agnes Fleming
Do you remember my saying long ago that once I began to gambol, I was never satisfied till I had gambolled all over the place?
From V. V.'s Eyes by Henry Sydnor Harrison
Ah! how they had gambolled beneath the appetising shade of those ancient trees!
From Abbe Mouret's Transgression by Émile Zola
He had gambolled, indeed, but he had gambolled strictly à deux.
From V. V.'s Eyes by Henry Sydnor Harrison
