I. ˈgam-bəl intransitive verb
( -boled or -bolled ; -bol·ing or gam·bol·ling -bə-liŋ also -bliŋ)
Date: 1508
: to skip about in play : frisk , frolic
II. noun
Etymology: modification of Middle French gambade spring of a horse, gambol, probably from Old Occitan camba leg, from Late Latin
Date: circa 1510
: a skipping or leaping about in play