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View synonyms for galumph
galumph
[ guh-luhmf ]
verb (used without object)
- to move along heavily and clumsily.
galumph
/ -ˈlʌmf; ɡəˈlʌmpf /
verb
- informal.intr to leap or move about clumsily or joyfully
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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
Its subtitle — “Being American in the World We’ve Made” — suggests that influence only runs one way, that Americans go galumphing about the world while everyone else sits passively awaiting their fate.
From Washington Post
The beachfront location would eliminate the daily drama of loading the car with two toddlers, two dogs, beach chairs, an umbrella and toy shovels, then circling for parking and galumphing to the shore laden with all our stuff.
From Washington Post
The word galumph (which is now put as an ordinary word in English dictionaries) he made out of gallop and triumph.
From Project Gutenberg
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