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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
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of galumph1

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

Origin of galumph1

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

Children and adults alike came to visit Yulia, who was basking on the beach behind protective metal bars, sometimes galumphing in the sand, apparently not bothered by her audience.

From Reuters

The bassoons galumphed; the strings ennobled passages of sincerity; and the horns had it both ways, sometimes jocular, sometimes expressive.

Fischer, spying the chess table, galumphed to the center of the stage and immediately lifted the white queen, testing its weight.

A second sea lion then joined in on the exodus, galumphing toward swimmers who went into the water.

In a skeleton drawing of a galumphing, long-gone dodo, a litany of bodily and emotional states, including guilt and yellow bile, is interwoven with attempts to cope — witchcraft, too much sex, strong imagination and more.

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