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galumph
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ga·lumph  (g-lmf)
intr.v. ga·lumphed, ga·lumph·ing, ga·lumphs
To move or run clumsily or heavily.
[Perhaps blend of gallop and triumph.]
galumph
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Brit, Austral & NZ informal to leap or move about clumsily or joyfully [probably a blend of gallop + triumph]
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Verb1.galumph - move around heavily and clumsily; "the giant tortoises galumphed around in their pen"
bound, jump, leap, spring - move forward by leaps and bounds; "The horse bounded across the meadow"; "The child leapt across the puddle"; "Can you jump over the fence?"


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Lanky, stoop-shouldered and cowed into wearing both her (idealized, of course) grandmother's frocks and her hair in ghastly, Princess Leia side buns, Annie Mary gets lost in a kitchen and galumphs around the village like a moose on three legs.
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He galumphs around with aimless urgency in a workaday suit and heavy shoes, trying to soar, but his flex-footed leaps clunk hopelessly back to earth.
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