galumphv.

Brit.

/ɡəˈlʌmf/, U.S.

/ɡəˈləm(p)f/

Etymology: Invented by ‘L. Carroll’ (perhaps with some reminiscence of gallop v.¹, triumphant adj.). The sense in current use may vary according to different notions of what the sound expresses. Compare chortle v.

intransitive. Originally: to march on exultingly with irregular bounding movements. Now usually: to gallop heavily; to bound or move clumsily or noisily.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > progressive motion > walking > walk, tread, or step [verb (intransitive)] > heavily > and clumsily

wallow?1570

welter1595

galumph1888

1888 N. York World 13 May (Farmer) A green bobtail car that galumphed through Lewis Street at a high rate of speed.

1901 Westm. Gaz. 15 Aug. 2/2 A postman in uniform galumphed about on a farm-horse.

1930 C. Mackenzie April Fools xii. 271 Viola..had slept through the stifled cries of her parents beneath the bedclothes when Beyle [sc. a bull-dog] was galumphing round their room.

Derivatives

gaˈlumphing adj. and n. literalandfigurative

ΚΠ

1871 ‘L. Carroll’ Through Looking-glass i. 22 He left it dead, and with its head He went galumphing back.

1881 Punch 27 Aug. 94/2 The [H.M.S.] Hercules got up steam and went on her way westward galumphing.

1891 Harper's Mag. Aug. 378/2 He [a dog] became a.. playful, gracefully galumphing, and most affectionate monster.

1893 Nation (N.Y.) 29 June 476/2 It is his humor, his ‘galumphing’ humor, which strikes a chill to the heart.

1903 Daily Chron. 31 Oct. 8/1 There would be such a galumphing up their stairs that peace and security would forsake them.

1965 S. Raven Friends in Low Places vi. 129 In the hall was a galumphing lass with a lot of jerseys and a po face.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	galumph
释义	galumphv. Brit. /ɡəˈlʌmf/, U.S. /ɡəˈləm(p)f/ Etymology: Invented by ‘L. Carroll’ (perhaps with some reminiscence of gallop v.¹, triumphant adj.). The sense in current use may vary according to different notions of what the sound expresses. Compare chortle v. intransitive. Originally: to march on exultingly with irregular bounding movements. Now usually: to gallop heavily; to bound or move clumsily or noisily. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > progressive motion > walking > walk, tread, or step [verb (intransitive)] > heavily > and clumsily wallow?1570 welter1595 galumph1888 1888 N. York World 13 May (Farmer) A green bobtail car that galumphed through Lewis Street at a high rate of speed. 1901 Westm. Gaz. 15 Aug. 2/2 A postman in uniform galumphed about on a farm-horse. 1930 C. Mackenzie April Fools xii. 271 Viola..had slept through the stifled cries of her parents beneath the bedclothes when Beyle [sc. a bull-dog] was galumphing round their room. Derivatives gaˈlumphing adj. and n. literalandfigurative ΚΠ 1871 ‘L. Carroll’ Through Looking-glass i. 22 He left it dead, and with its head He went galumphing back. 1881 Punch 27 Aug. 94/2 The [H.M.S.] Hercules got up steam and went on her way westward galumphing. 1891 Harper's Mag. Aug. 378/2 He [a dog] became a.. playful, gracefully galumphing, and most affectionate monster. 1893 Nation (N.Y.) 29 June 476/2 It is his humor, his ‘galumphing’ humor, which strikes a chill to the heart. 1903 Daily Chron. 31 Oct. 8/1 There would be such a galumphing up their stairs that peace and security would forsake them. 1965 S. Raven Friends in Low Places vi. 129 In the hall was a galumphing lass with a lot of jerseys and a po face. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1871
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