GALUMPH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does galumph mean? 

• GALUMPH (verb)
  The verb GALUMPH has 1 sense:

1. move around heavily and clumsily

  Familiarity information: GALUMPH used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GALUMPH (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they galumph    ... he / she / it galumphs   
Past simple: galumphed   
Past participle: galumphed   
-ing form: galumphing   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Move around heavily and clumsily

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Context example:

the giant tortoises galumphed around in their pen

Hypernyms (to "galumph" is one way to...):

bound; jump; leap; spring (move forward by leaps and bounds)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Somebody ----s