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galumph

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galumph /ɡəˈlʌmf /
verb [no object, with adverbial of direction] informal move in a clumsy, ponderous, or noisy manner:
she galumphed along beside him.
– ORIGIN 1871 (in the sense prance in triumph): coined by Lewis Carroll in Through the Looking Glass; perhaps a blend of gallop and triumph.