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galumphing 

1. To move or run clumsily or heavily.
1. "He went galumphing back." (Lewis Carroll, "Through the Looking-glass and What Alice Found There")
2. The little kid went galumphing to his mother to show her something.
galumphing by zeekage October 26, 2003

Galumphing 

A term coined by Lewis Carroll in the poem "Jabberwocky" which was on the novel "Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There" published in 1872.

It's a combination of the words 'gallop' and 'triumphant'
"He left it dead, and with its head
He went galumphing back"
(Lewis Carroll, "Jabberwocky" from "Through the Looking-glass and What Alice Found There")
Galumphing by Eclips3d October 23, 2011

harrumphing 

1. To move like a walrus

2. When a walrus moves
Fat pete was seen harrumphing his way down the stairs to the fridge.
harrumphing by reado January 14, 2009

galumphing 

Hopping from an 'all-fours' position, returning to same. Sort of a cross between jumping and crabwalking.
Vort and Mildred went galumphing down to the yackity swingset.
galumphing by dorn fingermeal September 20, 2003

galumphingungus 

She had that galumphingungus. Gyaat
galumphingungus by Ckknick44 December 23, 2023

Galumphingungus 

When someone is so caked up that there aren't any other words in existence to describe itm
Shay had that galumphingungus. Don't you agree?
Galumphingungus by Ckknick44 December 23, 2023
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