galumphing

galumphing
Galloping in a triumphant manner

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  • stumble — stumble, trip, blunder, lurch, flounder, lumber, galumph, lollop, bumble can mean to move unsteadily, clumsily, or with defective equilibrium (as in walking, in doing, or in proceeding). Stumble, trip, blunder, lurch, and flounder as applied to… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

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  • galumph (around) — [ga lumpf...] in. to walk around; to schlep around. □ I spent all day galumphing around, looking for a present for Ted. □ Stop galumphing long enough to eat some dinner …   Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions

  • ga|lumph´ing|ly — ga|lumph «guh LUHMF», verb, noun. –v.i. 1. to gallop in a clumsy way: »cows galumphing home. 2. to gallop, prance, or go in or as if in triumph: »He left it dead and with its head He went galumphing back (Lewis Carroll). –n. an awkward person.… …   Useful english dictionary

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  • The Hunting of the Snark — (An Agony in 8 Fits) is a nonsense poem written by Lewis Carroll (Charles Lutwidge Dodgson) in 1874, when he was 42 years old. [ [http://www.literature.org/authors/carroll lewis/the hunting of the snark/ Poem as presented by Literature.org]… …   Wikipedia

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  • Vorpal sword — is a phrase used by Lewis Carroll in his nonsense poem Jabberwocky . Context and defintion Lewis Carroll published Through the Looking Glass in 1871. Near the beginning, Alice discovers and reads Jabberwocky . The word vorpal appears twice in the …   Wikipedia

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