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gambol
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synonyms: caper, curvet ???
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Definition:to run/jump about playfully
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The little kitten, feasting her eyes on him, seemed ready at any moment to start her gambols again and display her kittenish nature.
Leo Tolstoy. War and Peace: 01 (Book One) . Simon & Schuster
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Suddenly they were both leaping round him, shouting ‘Traitor!’ and ‘Thought-criminal!’, the little girl imitating her brother in every movement. It was somehow slightly frightening, like the gambolling of tiger cubs which will soon grow up into maneaters.
George Orwell. 1984 (1949)
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