frolic
Americannoun
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merry play; merriment; gaiety; fun.
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a merrymaking or party.
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playful behavior or action; prank.
verb (used without object)
adjective
noun
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a light-hearted entertainment or occasion
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light-hearted activity; gaiety; merriment
verb
adjective
Other Word Forms
- frolicker noun
Etymology
Origin of frolic
1530–40; < Dutch vrolijk joyful (cognate with German fröhlich ), equivalent to vro glad + -lijk -ly
Example Sentences
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A favorite Broadway actress sang “The Rochester Knockings at Barnum’s Hotel,” and Mysterious Knockings, “a new farce full of glorious fun and frolic,” played at a popular theater.
From Literature
Used primarily as an office building, its ornate design, carvings and sculptures — including a ground floor fountain with frolicking bronze youths — hadn’t invited much public attention or appreciation.
From Los Angeles Times
Cruise operators have spent decades cultivating an atmosphere at sea with Broadway musicals, lively casinos and crowds of kids frolicking in pools.
The frolicking angels populate concentric bands of other clouds that extend upward.
Yuletide frolics are a key part of that strategy.
From BBC
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