Usually means: Clumsy, exuberant movement; bounding along.
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  1. galumphing: Merriam-Webster
  2. galumphing: Collins English Dictionary
  3. galumphing: Vocabulary.com
  4. galumphing: Wordnik
  5. galumphing: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. galumphing: Wiktionary
  7. galumphing: Dictionary.com
  8. galumphing: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. galumphing: Urban Dictionary

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▸ verb:  (nonce word) Galloping in a heavy and inelegant manner.

Similar:
klomp, clomp, gollop, schlomp, grumph, paggle, womble, clip-clop, glump, gabble, more...

Opposite:
graceful, elegant, nimble, light-footed, agile

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Similar:
klomp, clomp, gollop, schlomp, grumph, paggle, womble, clip-clop, glump, gabble, more...

Opposite:
graceful, elegant, nimble, light-footed, agile



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