noun General Slang

gambol

· noun · brummie

A forward roll — Brummie kids don't do somersaults, they do gambols.

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A forward roll, the gymnastic kind. Standard English uses 'gambol' for a playful skip; Brummies repurposed it for the specific tumble across a PE mat. Ask anyone from Birmingham what a forward roll is and they'll look at you funny.

“Our kid did a gambol down the hill and ended up in the nettles.”
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gambol In A Sentence

Our kid did a gambol down the hill and ended up in the nettles.

Origin & Usage

Brummie semantic shift from standard English 'gambol' (to frolic), narrowed to mean the forward roll specifically.

Variants gambole
Tags #brummie#birmingham#british#dialect#childhood

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