2. Verb. (present participle of galumph) ¹
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Definition of Galumphing
1. galumph [v] - See also: galumph
Lexicographical Neighbors of Galumphing
Literary usage of Galumphing
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. On Blendings of Synonymous Or Cognate Expressions in English: A Contribution by Gustaf Adolf Bergström (1906)
"I subjoin some more quotations: LEWIS CAROLL, Smirk 14: The Beaver went . . .
galumphing about. Punch, 16/4 1887, 181a: And the gallant grey is ..."
2. Through the Looking-glass by Lewis Carroll (2007)
"He left it dead, and with its head He went galumphing back. "And hast thou slain
the Jabberwock? Come to my arms, my beamish boy! O frabjous day! Callooh! ..."
3. Adventure Guide to the Alaska Highway by Ed Readicker-Henderson (2006)
"Watch for marmots galumphing along the trails. It's a nice place to see what the
high alpine landscape is really like. The round-trip is $20, ..."
4. Punch by Mark Lemon, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor, Shirley Brooks, Francis Cowley Burnand, Owen Seaman (1887)
"(hysterically)— 'Tween the baggy buckskins of JUNIPER JEM and the slippery saddle
of Dot and Go One ! And the gallant grey is galumphing on, like the scion ..."
5. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"... and the sounds will take care of themselves' ('Wonderland') are household
words; while human speech in general is the richer by galumphing, ..."
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