Adjective: rollicking ró-li-king
Usage: Brit, informal
- Given to merry frolicking
"rollicking students celebrated their graduation with parties and practical jokes";
- coltish, frolicsome, frolicky, sportive
Usage: Brit, informal
- A severe reprimand
"The manager gave the team a rollicking after their poor performance";
- rollocking [Brit, informal]
- Play boisterously
"The children rollicked in the garden";
- frolic, lark [informal], skylark [informal], disport, sport, cavort, gambol, frisk, romp, run around, lark about [informal]
Derived forms: rollickings
See also: ludic [formal], playful
Type of: play