Frolic
['frɒlɪk] or ['frɑlɪk]
Definition
(verb.) play boisterously; 'The children frolicked in the garden'; 'the gamboling lambs in the meadows'; 'The toddlers romped in the playroom'.
Edited by Elise--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Full of levity; dancing, playing, or frisking about; full of pranks; frolicsome; gay; merry.
(n.) A wild prank; a flight of levity, or of gayety and mirth.
(n.) A scene of gayety and mirth, as in lively play, or in dancing; a merrymaking.
(v. i.) To play wild pranks; to play tricks of levity, mirth, and gayety; to indulge in frolicsome play; to sport.
Typed by Alphonse
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Gambol, escapade, spree, lark, bender, wild prank, flight of levity.[2]. Fun, pleasantry, drollery.[3]. Scene of merriment.
v. n. Be merry, be frolicsome, play pranks, cut capers.
Typed by Hector
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Play, game, sport, festivity, entertainment, gambol, gayety, lark, spree,merrymaking, prank
ANT:Study, undertaking, purpose, engagement, occupation
Inputed by Cole
Definition
adj. merry: pranky.—n. gaiety: a wild prank: a merry-making.—v.i. to play wild pranks or merry tricks: to gambol:—pr.p. frol′icking; pa.p. frol′icked.—adj. Frol′icsome gay: sportive.—adv. Frol′icsomely.—n. Frol′icsomeness.
Typist: Millie
Examples
- The cleaning frolic over, matters begin to resume their pristine appearance. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- And if you grow like him she won't be willing to have us frolic together as we do now. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- I'm not going to be lectured and pummelled by everyone, just for a bit of a frolic. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- It does my heart good to see them forget business and frolic for a day, answered Jo, who now spoke in a maternal way of all mankind. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- I promised to do so, but left the door open and enjoyed the fun as much as they did, for a more glorious frolic I never witnessed. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- He looked so wistful as he went away, hearing the frolic and evidently having none of his own. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- He then proceeded, in a whisper, The fact is, there's never a man in England as don't have a bit of frolic; only they doesn't know it you see. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- I spent no time in taverns, games, or frolics of any kind, and my industry in my business continued as indefatigable as it was necessary. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- I'm getting too old for such things, observed Meg, who was as much a child as ever about 'dressing-up' frolics. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- We are man and woman now, with sober work to do, for playtime is over, and we must give up frolicking. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- I'll show you how, for I've studied you while we were frolicking, and I'm not at all satisfied with you. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- The young played and frolicked about among the trees and bushes. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- At first they played keep-house, and frolicked over it like children. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
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