noun.
An instance of running or skipping about playfully.
noun.
An instance of more general frisking or frolicking.
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noun.
gay or light-hearted recreational activity for diversion or amusement
verb.
play boisterously
Word Usage
"His inexhaustible gift of lightning repartee I saw illustrated on another occasion, when he presided at the midnight "gambol" of a Bohemian club, at which it needed the utmost tact and presence of mind to "ride the whirlwind and direct the storm.""