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Frolic
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frol·ic
/
ˈfrɒl
ɪk
/
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[
frol
-ik
]
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noun,
verb,
frol·icked,
frol·ick·ing,
adjective
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.
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adjective
6.
merry; full of fun.
Origin:
1530–40;
<
Dutch
vrolijk
joyful (cognate with
German
fröhlich
), equivalent to
vro
glad +
-lijk
-ly
Related forms
frol·ick·er,
noun
Synonyms
4.
sport, revel.
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frolic
(ˈfrɒlɪk)
—
n
1.
a light-hearted entertainment or occasion
2.
light-hearted activity; gaiety; merriment
—
vb
,
-ics
,
-icking
,
-icked
3.
(
intr
) to caper about; act or behave playfully
—
adj
4.
archaic
,
literary
or
full of merriment or fun
[C16: from Dutch
vrolijk
, from Middle Dutch
vro
happy, glad; related to Old High German
frō
happy]
'frolicker
—
n
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
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Word Origin & History
frolic
1530s, 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 1580s. Related: Frolicked; frolicking.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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FOLDOC
Computing Dictionary
Frolic definition
A
Prolog
system in
Common Lisp
.
(ftp://ftp.cs.utah.edu/pub/frolic.tar.Z)
.
(1991-11-23)
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, © Denis Howe 2010
http://foldoc.org
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Example sentences
It is a macabre
frolic
filled with laughter and ingenious devices.
Their freshman
frolic
has given way to daunting challenges.
Phoney ducks
frolic
in pseudo-streams that babble beside imitation cobbled
streets.
Rats are finding it to be the perfect spot to
frolic
.
Yet they have more lilt and
frolic
in them than if they had been written last year.
Heated indoor pools are available for swimming or you may
frolic
in the emerald seawater on beaches.
Visitors can
frolic
in the snow and bring snowballs back down the mountain.
He was not engaged in some
frolic
and detour, heading somewhere for his own purposes and no other.
He plays hooky from school, preferring to fish and
frolic
with his dog.
In the off-season parking is plentiful, joggers lope along the macadam lot, and dogs
frolic
on the beach.
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