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frol⋅ic

  [frol-ik] noun, verb, -icked, -ick⋅ing, adjective
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–noun
1. merry play; merriment; gaiety; fun.
2. a merrymaking or party.
3. playful behavior or action; prank.
–verb (used without object)
4. to gambol merrily; to play in a frisky, light-spirited manner; romp: The children were frolicking in the snow.
5. to have fun; engage in merrymaking; play merry pranks.
–adjective
6. merry; full of fun.
Origin:
1530–40; < D vrolijk joyful (c. G fröhlich), equiv. to vro glad + -lijk -ly

Related forms:
frol⋅ick⋅er, noun

Synonyms:
4. sport, revel.
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frol·ic   (frŏl'ĭk)   
n.  
  1. Gaiety; merriment: fun and frolic.
  2. A gay, carefree time.
  3. A playful antic.
intr.v.   frol·icked, frol·ick·ing, frol·ics
  1. To behave playfully and uninhibitedly; romp.
  2. To engage in merrymaking, joking, or teasing.
adj.   Archaic
Merry.

[From Dutch vrolijk, merry, from Middle Dutch vrolijc : vro, happy + -lijc, -like; see līk- in Indo-European roots.]
frol'ick·er n.
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Frolic

Frol"ic\ (fr[o^]l"[i^]k), a. [D. vroolijk; akin to G. fr["o]lich, fr. froh, OHG. fr[=o], Dan. fro, OS. fr[=a]h, cf. Icel. fr[=a]r swift; all perh. akin to Skr. pru to spring up.] Full of levity; dancing, playing, or frisking about; full of pranks; frolicsome; gay; merry.

The frolic wind that breathes the spring. --Milton.

The gay, the frolic, and the loud. --Waller.

Frolic

Frol"ic\, n. 1. A wild prank; a flight of levity, or of gayety and mirth.

He would be at his frolic once again. --Roscommon.

2. A scene of gayety and mirth, as in lively play, or in dancing; a merrymaking.

Frolic

Frol"ic\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Frolicked; p. pr. & vb. n. Frolicking.] To play wild pranks; to play tricks of levity, mirth, and gayety; to indulge in frolicsome play; to sport.

Hither, come hither, and frolic and play. --Tennyson.
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Language Translation for : frolic
Spanish: juguetear,
German: tollen,
Japanese: はしゃぎ回る
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frolic 
1538, as an adj., from M.Du. vrolyc (adj.) "happy," from vro- "merry, glad," + lyc "like." Cognate of Ger. fröhlich "happy." The verb is first attested 1583.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Frolic
A Prolog system in Common Lisp.
(ftp://ftp.cs.utah.edu/pub/frolic.tar.Z).
(1991-11-23)

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