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71cavort — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. i. caper. See amusement. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. prance, caper, frisk; see dance 2 , play 2 . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v. frolic, prance, romp, *carry on, *cut up, act up, leap about, horseplay …
72frisk — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. caper, cavort, frolic; cut up, carry on, horse around (sl.); slang, search, shakedown, fan. See amusement, inquiry. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To caper] Syn. romp, skip, leap; see play 2 . 2. [*To… …
73jump — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. & v. hop, leap, bound, spring, vault; start, twitch, jerk. See excitability. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A leap up or across] Syn. skip, hop, leap, hopping, rise, upsurge, rising, pounce, lunge, leaping,… …
74leap — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Spring through the air Nouns 1. leap, jump, hop, spring, bound, vault; bounce (see recoil). 2. dance, caper; curvet, prance, skip, gambol, frolic, romp, buck. 3. leaper, jumper, kangaroo, jerboa, chamois …
75play — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. sport, frolic, fun, amusement, game, recreation; drama, comedy, tragedy; scope, freedom, latitude, sweep, range. v. operate, wield, ply; act, perform; compete; pluck, bow, strike, beat; move, caper,… …
76gammon — ‘bacon’ [15] is not related to the gammon [18] of backgammon. It comes from Old Northern French gambon (source also of modern French jambon ‘ham’), which was a derivative of gambe ‘leg’ – hence etymologically ‘leg meat’. This seems to go back… …
77gambit — chess opening in which a pawn is risked for advantage later, 1650s, gambett, from It. gambetto, lit. a tripping up (as a trick in wrestling), from gamba leg, from L.L. gamba (see GAMBOL (Cf. gambol)). Applied to chess openings in Spanish in 1561… …
78gambrel — hipped roof, 1851, short for gambrel roof, so called for its shape, from gambrel horse s hind leg (c.1600), earlier wooden bar to hang carcasses (1540s), perhaps from O.N.Fr. gamberel, from gambe leg, from L.L. gamba (see GAMBOL (Cf. gambol)) …
79game — {{11}}game (adj.1) lame, 1787, from north Midlands dialect, of unknown origin, perhaps a variant of gammy (tramps slang) bad, or from O.N.Fr. gambe leg (see GAMBOL (Cf. gambol) (n.)). {{12}}game (adj.2) brave, spirited, 1725, especially in game… …
80gammon — early 15c., ham or haunch of a swine, from O.N.Fr. gambon ham (Fr. jambon), from gambe leg, from L.L. gamba leg of an animal (see GAMBOL (Cf. gambol) (n.)) …
