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Definition of Galumph
1. Verb. Move around heavily and clumsily. "The giant tortoises galumphed around in their pen"
Definition of Galumph
1. Verb. (intransitive) To move heavily and clumsily. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Galumph
1. to move clumsily [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Galumph
Literary usage of Galumph
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. American English by Gilbert Milligan Tucker (1921)
"galumph—"Go bumping along," says Farmer, adding that "the furious driving of ...
Think of an Englishman's not knowing that galumph is a word invented by an ..."
2. The English Language by Logan Pearsall Smith (1912)
"... at least two words to the English language—chortle, probably formed by
suggestions of chuckle and snort, and galumph, out of gallop and triumphant. ..."
3. Author's & Printer's Dictionary: A Guide for Authors by Frederick Howard Collins (1912)
"... galumph*, to galop triumphant. galv., galvanic, -ism. Galvani (Luigi), 1737-98,
discoverer of galvanism. ..."
4. The Empire and the Century: A Series of Essays on Imperial Problems and by Charles Sydney Goldman, Rudyard Kipling (1905)
"Elephants stand sphinx- like, belly-deep in weed, hippos galumph and bellow in
their play. White clouds of ibis drift across the weed. ..."
5. Author & Printer: A Guide for Authors, Editors, Printers, Correctors of the by Frederick Howard Collins (1905)
"... galumph*, to galop triumphant. galv., galvanic, -ism. Galvani (Luigi), 1737-98,
discoverer of galvanism. ..."
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