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galumph

ga·lumph

UK/ɡəˈlʌmf/ uncommon

verb

1.

move around heavily and clumsily

  • “the giant tortoises galumphed around in their pen”

Origin

Back-formation from galumphing in Lewis Carroll's “Jabberwocky”.

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