Skipped school (retired hurt, LOL) (9)
I believe the answer is:
gambolled
'skipped' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both to do with motion as well as being past participle verbs.
Maybe there's a link between them I don't understand?
'school retired hurt lol' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'school' could be 'gam' (both can refer to a group of whales) and 'gam' is found in the answer.
an anagram of 'lol' is 'oll' which is present in the answer.
The remaining letters 'bed' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for gambolled that I've seen before include "Went like a lamb" , "Ran about playfully" .)