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adjective

as in lumbering

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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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Recent Examples of galumphing
Adjective
The pair come off less as cybercriminal masterminds than as galumphing galoots—that is to say, a pair of bumbling oafs who thought that asking AI how to cover their tracks was going to keep them out of federal prison. — Nate Anderson, ArsTechnica, 14 May 2026 In the fall and early winter, there might be 20 creatures lounging there, occasionally galumphing or issuing a burp noise that echoes over the water. — John Metcalfe, Mercury News, 24 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for galumphing
  1. lumbering
  2. shuffling
  3. shambling
  4. stumbling
  5. wobbly
  6. stomping
Adjective
  • The Cubs players continued to taunt Ruth at every opportunity, and a big one came their way in the bottom of the fourth inning when Jurges slashed a sinking liner into right field and the lumbering, top-heavy Babe muffed a shoestring catch.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 8 June 2026
Definition of lumbering
Verb
  • Green tea was served by gang members shuffling around in slippers.
    — Ian Buruma, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026
  • Ivey and his partner persuaded the Crockfords dealer to rotate the high-value cards 180 degrees before shuffling them back into the pack, citing some obscure superstition as justification.
    — Kit Chellel, Fortune, 5 Oct. 2026
Definition of shuffling
Adjective
  • With almost no plan, Sonny makes a shambling attempt at an armed robbery, only to end up trapped in the bank with the manager and five female tellers as his hostages.
    — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 31 Mar. 2026
  • One rarely gains a sense of what people look like (beyond the son’s bulky physique and shambling movements, in which the mother ‘caught a flash of her brother’).
    — Dan Sheehan, Literary Hub, 22 Jan. 2026
Definition of shambling
Verb
  • Big banks made changes to overdraft fees and fraud protections following previous testimony, for example, while former Wells Fargo CEO John Stumpf abruptly resigned in 2016 after stumbling during hearings on the bank’s fake accounts scandal.
    — Reuters, NBC news, 13 Oct. 2026
  • In an era of geotags and influencers, there’s something deeply satisfying about stumbling upon a place that still feels like a secret.
    — Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 12 Oct. 2026
Definition of stumbling
Adjective
  • The relentless Karlaftis didn’t record the Chiefs’ first sack of the game, but got enough of Kirk Cousins’ right arm to create a wobbly pass intercepted by Xavier Nwankpa.
    — Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 14 Oct. 2026
  • Beyond aesthetics, is there anything to be gleaned from Huang’s large, looping capitals or from Brockman’s wobbly lowercase initials?
    — Harmeet Kaur, CNN Money, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of wobbly
Verb
  • The answer isn’t between stomping the gas pedal or leaving the car parked.
    — Bob Ackerman, Forbes.com, 6 Oct. 2026
  • Handclaps, stomping percussion and a communal chorus create the kind of infectious energy that naturally gets people moving.
    — qygwork, Billboard, 28 Sep. 2026
Definition of stomping

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“Galumphing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/galumphing. Accessed 19 Oct. 2026.

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