Jump about playfully, having thrown doctor in prison (6)
I believe the answer is:
gambol
'jump about' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'doctor in prison' is the wordplay.
'doctor' becomes 'MB' (Bachelor of Medicine).
'in' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'prison' becomes 'gaol' (I've seen this before).
'mb' going within 'gaol' is 'GAMBOL'.
'playfully having thrown' is the link.
I am not very happy about this link. Some or all of it may be part of another bit of the clue.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for gambol that I've seen before include "Playfully run or jump" , "jump for joy" , "Skip" , "Spring" , "Frisk and play" .)