galumphing 1 of 2

adjective

Definition of galumphingnext
as in lumbering

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galumphing

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verb

present participle of galumph
as in shuffling
to move heavily or clumsily the Great Dane galumphed across the floor to greet us

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  1. shuffling
  2. stomping
  3. lumpish
Verb
  • But the $12 billion decline in his fortune has more to do with asset shuffling than stock price movement.
    Julie Goldenberg, Forbes, 21 Dec. 2024
  • James has been shuffling back and forth between the NBA and the G League.
    Benedict Cosgrove, Newsweek, 19 Dec. 2024
Definition of shuffling
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  • On June 1, she was charged with beating and stomping a woman inside Webb’s Bronx apartment building that day.
    John Annese, New York Daily News, 21 Dec. 2024
  • The pounding of Mary’s heartbeat becomes the stomping feet of the crowd at the high school.
    Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 13 Dec. 2024
Definition of stomping
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  • Because both actors look like lumpish proletarian versions of Ingmar Bergman stars — Alma Pöysti, radiant yet benumbed, plays Ansa like a dish-towel Bibi Andersson, and Jussi Vatanen could be the schlump brother of Max von Sydow (with a dollop of Ryan Gosling).
    Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 23 May 2023
  • Their bodies range from eely, jawless lampreys to flattened flounders to huge, lumpish ocean sunfish.
    Bob Holmes, Discover Magazine, 21 May 2018
Definition of lumpish
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“Galumphing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/galumphing. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.

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