Thursday, March 25, 2004

Word of the Day for Thursday March 25, 2004 gambol GAM-buhl, intransitive verb: To dance and skip about in play; to frolic. noun: A skipping or leaping about in frolic. I've been told dolphins like to gambol in the waves in these waters, and that sighting them brings good luck. --Barbara Kingsolver, "Where the Map Stopped," New York Times, May 17, 1992 The bad news is that while most of us gambol in the sun, there will be much wringing of hands in environment-hugging circles about global warming and climate change. --Derek Brown, "Heatwaves," The Guardian, June 16, 2000 Then they joined hands (it was the stranger who began it by catching Martha and Matilda) and danced the table round, shaking their feet and tossing their arms, the glee ever more uproarious, -- danced until they were breathless, every one of them, save little Sammy, who was not asked to join the gambol, but sat still in his chair, and seemed to expect no invitation. --Norman Duncan, "Santa Claus At Lonely Cove," The Atlantic, December 1903 5:33:56 PM    comment []

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