gimble

Meanings

Verb

• To grin or smile.
• Alternative of gimbal

Noun

• Alternative of gimbal

Origin

• Compared by the EDD to dialectal gimla. Compare also North Frisian gēmeli ("to move the lips before laughing"). Nall compares Old English ginian; the hard g in this form needs explanation (its standard English descendant is yawn), though the EDD does record a variant form jimble ().
• Variant of gimbal.