gambol

 
Pronunciation: /ˈgamb(ə)l/

verb (gambols, gambolling, gambolled; US gambols, gamboling, gamboled)

[no object, usually with adverbial]
  • run or jump about playfully: the mare gambolled towards Constance

noun

  • an act of running or jumping about playfully: the two of them run off to the woods for a gambol together

Origin:

early 16th century: alteration of gambade (see gambado1), via French from Italian gambata 'trip up', from gamba 'leg'