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Definition galumph in British English

galumph verb

[intransitive] verb
/ɡəˈlʌmf/

The word ’galumph’ was coined by Lewis Carroll in his children’s story Through the Looking Glass. It is one of several invented words in the nonsense poem Jabberwocky.

1

to move in a heavy noisy way that is not graceful

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Definition galumph in British English