galumph Syllabification: (ga·lumph)Pronunciation: /gəˈləmf/Definition of galumph verb [no object] informal move in a clumsy, ponderous, or noisy manner:she galumphed along beside him (as adjective galumphing)a galumphing tortoiseOrigin: 1871 (in the sense 'prance in triumph'): coined by Lewis Carroll in Through the Looking Glass; perhaps a blend of gallop and triumphgalumph in other Oxford dictionaries Definition of galumph in the British & World English dictionary