galumph

English

Etymology

Back-formation from galumphing in Lewis Carroll's Jabberwocky, where the meaning was different.

Verb

galumph (third-person singular simple present galumphs, present participle galumphing, simple past and past participle galumphed)

  1. (intransitive) To move heavily and clumsily.

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Last modified on 26 December 2012, at 09:38