as in to shuffle
to move heavily or clumsily
the Great Dane galumphed across the floor to greet us
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Recent Examples of galumph
Another way in which people’s carbon footprints become especially galumphing is through air travel, notably in first class.
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The Economist, 28 Dec. 2019
There used to be campus dogs galumphing around the quad, fat on a diet of student pizza and potato chips.
—Beth Thames , al, 30 Oct. 2019
There are also stretches of galumphing humor that go on too long.
—Anthony Tommasini, New York Times, 30 Mar. 2018
North Carolina’s Luke Maye launched it in desperation and off-balance, with all of the grace of a grandpa galumphing through a three-legged race.
—Tim Sullivan, The Courier-Journal, 18 Feb. 2018
His margin may well have been provided by the FBI and U.S. intelligence establishment’s galumphing intervention in the Hillary Clinton email matter.
—Holman W. Jenkins, WSJ, 1 Sep. 2017
The problem for Besson's movie, besides the problems with the movie itself, is its late arrival, galumphing into theaters so many years after so many recyclers and copycats.
—Michael Phillips, chicagotribune.com, 20 July 2017
The Economist, 28 Dec. 2019
There used to be campus dogs galumphing around the quad, fat on a diet of student pizza and potato chips.
—Beth Thames , al, 30 Oct. 2019
There are also stretches of galumphing humor that go on too long.
—Anthony Tommasini, New York Times, 30 Mar. 2018
North Carolina’s Luke Maye launched it in desperation and off-balance, with all of the grace of a grandpa galumphing through a three-legged race.
—Tim Sullivan, The Courier-Journal, 18 Feb. 2018
His margin may well have been provided by the FBI and U.S. intelligence establishment’s galumphing intervention in the Hillary Clinton email matter.
—Holman W. Jenkins, WSJ, 1 Sep. 2017
The problem for Besson's movie, besides the problems with the movie itself, is its late arrival, galumphing into theaters so many years after so many recyclers and copycats.
—Michael Phillips, chicagotribune.com, 20 July 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for galumph
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The plan involved shuffling around existing crew assignments to free up two of the four seats on a SpaceX capsule that launched in late September, so that Wilmore and Williams could occupy the seats on the return trip.—
Denise Chow,
NBC News,
20 Feb. 2025
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For all of the conversation late last year analyzing how quickly Sporting KC might be able to shuffle the chairs — or even Vermes praising the way his team played Wednesday — a swap at striker, a swap in the mentality at striker, transcends everything else.—
Sam McDowell,
Kansas City Star,
20 Feb. 2025
Verb
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Warren’s deep, husky voice frees himself from the blame of an unhealthy relationship over a stomping piano beat.—
Rania Aniftos,
Billboard,
21 Jan. 2025
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Boston stomped the competition last season en route to winning their record 18th NBA championship.—
Daniel R. Depetris,
Newsweek,
1 Feb. 2025
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Skype won attention in the 2000s for giving people a way to talk without paying the phone company, but stumbled in the mobile era and didn’t enjoy a major resurgence during the pandemic.—
Jordan Novet,
CNBC,
28 Feb. 2025
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Those concerns came to a head during Biden's debate against now-President Donald Trump in June, when Biden sounded hoarse and appeared to stumble through several answers.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
28 Feb. 2025
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“Galumph.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/galumph. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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