Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Playful behavior or merriment.
- noun A playful movement or act.
- noun A sexual act or encounter.
- intransitive verb To move about or behave playfully; romp.
- intransitive verb To engage in lovemaking.
- adjective Merry.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To play merry pranks; engage in acts of levity, mirth, and gaiety.
- Gay; merry; sportive; full of mirth or pranks.
- noun A flight of levity or gaiety and mirth; a prank.
- noun A scene of gaiety and mirth, as in dancing or play; a merrymaking.
- noun A plaything or an ornament.
- noun Synonyms Gambol, escapade.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A wild prank; a flight of levity, or of gayety and mirth.
- noun A scene of gayety and mirth, as in lively play, or in dancing; a merrymaking.
- adjective Full of levity; dancing, playing, or frisking about; full of pranks; frolicsome; gay; merry.
- intransitive verb To play wild pranks; to play tricks of levity, mirth, and gayety; to indulge in frolicsome play; to sport.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective
Merry ,joyous ; later especially,frolicsome ,sportive , full of playful mischief. - adjective obsolete, rare
Free ;liberal ;bountiful ;generous . - noun
Gaiety ;merriment . - noun A
playful antic . - verb intransitive To
romp ; tobehave playfully anduninhibitedly . - verb transitive, archaic To cause to be
merry .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb play boisterously
- noun gay or light-hearted recreational activity for diversion or amusement
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Examples
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We looked up in the dictionary the word frolic, and it's -- the definition is something like a playful, mischievous action.
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And this, too, I suppose she calls a frolic; or, in her own vulgar language, fun.
Tales and Novels — Volume 03 Maria Edgeworth 1808
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But if such was her mischievous purpose she was completely disappointed; for Roland Graeme, internally piquing himself on his self-command, neither laughed nor was discomposed; and all that the maiden gained by her frolic was a severe rebuke from her companion, taxing her with mal-address and indecorum.
The Abbot 2008
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Anyone who would self-identify as a frolic-er is a dorc.
Dorcs! the hottest trend in footwear (for suckas) « raincoaster 2007
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What the hell, the word frolic has no business on a football blog.)
Blogging The Boys 2008
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And Tom laughed, as he recalled the frolic he had been on the night before.
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In all there was an air of release, and the young people looked as if they were going to one of the social gatherings they would have called a frolic, in the backwoods phrase.
The Leatherwood God William Dean Howells 1878
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And Tom laughed, as he recalled the frolic he had been on the night before.
An Old-Fashioned Girl Alcott, Louisa May, 1832-1888 1870
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Tom laughed, as he recalled the frolic he had been on the night before.
An Old-Fashioned Girl Louisa May Alcott 1860
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And this, too, I suppose she calls a frolic; or, in her own vulgar language, fun.
Belinda 1801
ravages commented on the word frolic
cues green, rolling meadows.
cues warm sunlight and a gentle breeze.
December 15, 2007
bilby commented on the word frolic
A possibly fun village in Northumberland, England.
January 1, 2008
duckbill commented on the word frolic
As an adjective:
"It was sweet to see them so frolic."
April 23, 2011
qms commented on the word frolic
The winter left us melancholic
But May arrives bright and bucolic -
Cavorting and gambols
And giggles in brambles
And all sorts of innocent frolic.
May 11, 2018