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gamboool 

v. to gamble, with extra emphasis on the negative expected value aspect of gambling
pfund: sweet, i just won $50 at the roulette table!
maltz: let that shit ride, gamboool!
gamboool by khup February 19, 2007
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Slang noun used and understood primarily by Brummies (people from Birmingham, UK), Yam Yams (people from the nearby area of the Black Country) and other Midlanders.

It is a noun used to describe the action of rolling forwards on the ground. It is often described as a 'forward roll' by the rest of the country.

Brummies will often say 'gambowl' instead of 'forward roll' and very few people outside of the city seem to understand this term.

The spelling of gambowl is a debate in itself, as it is rarely written and mostly used in speech. Variations of this spelling (gambowl) include: gambole, gambol and gamboul.

There is a Facebook group campaigning to promote awareness of the word, entitled 'it's not a foward roll, it's a ******* gambowl'.
That was a very nice gambowl you did just now.
(That was a very nice 'forward roll' you did just now.)

These gymnasts haven't done any gambowls yet!
(These gymnasts haven't done any 'forward rolls' yet!)
Gambowl by Weileway February 21, 2012
Gamboo is the contagious cold virus spread from one person to another.
When you came over for the party last night with your coughing, hacking, sneezing, runny nose cold I caught your Gamboo.
Gamboo by Interstate Master January 1, 2011
As part of the gymnastics routine, he did a gambol.
gambol by ftgjfg February 28, 2009
The way to say "gamble" china-style. If you are in Vegas and deciding whether or not to put that $100 on the craps table; just yell "GAMBROOLL!!", shake your fist, and slam it there and hope for the best. That' what the local china guy would do if he were you.
"Foo, you want to gambrol wit me? Yo money too young; yo bank account need to grow up"

"Man, I just lost $25,000! My wife will divorce me, my children won't be able to go to college!" --- "Don't worry my friend, it was good gambrol!"

"Gammmmbrolll!! Gammmmmbrolll!!! Gammmmmbroll!" - (In order to entice a local derelect to put his bank roll on the table)
Gambrol by Crack Fiend Jayfly July 5, 2009
Brummie slang for forward roll or somersault. Only used in Birmingham, England.
I'm going to gambole down the hallway
gambole by Cincio April 8, 2017
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murderhobo 

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Steve: I'd like to roll a strength check against strangling the orphan.
Dave: I call dibs on the dog.
DM: You murderhobos disgust me.
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