Rollicking

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Rollic \Rol"lic\ (r[o^]l"l[i^]k), v. i. [imp. & p. p.
     {Rollicked} (-l[i^]kt); p. pr. & vb. n. {Rollicking}.]
     [Corrupt. fr. frolic, under the influence of roll.]
     To move or play in a careless, swaggering manner, with a
     frolicsome air; to frolic; to sport; commonly in the form
     rollicking. [Colloq.]


     [1913 Webster]
  
           He described his friends as rollicking blades. --T.
                                                    Hook.
     [1913 Webster] Rollejee
     Rolliche

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  rollicking
       adj : given to merry frolicking; "frolicsome students celebrated
             their graduation with parties and practical jokes"
             [syn: {coltish}, {frolicsome}, {frolicky}, {sportive}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  55 Moby Thesaurus words for "rollicking":
     animated, antic, blustering, blusterous, blustery, boisterous,
     bullying, capersome, cheerful, coltish, exuberant, frisky,
     frolicsome, full of beans, gamesome, gay, glad, happy,
     harum-scarum, hearty, hectoring, joyful, joyous,
     knock-down-and-drag-out, knockabout, lighthearted, lively, noisy,
     playful, raging, rambunctious, rampageous, ranting, raving,
     roistering, roisterous, rollicksome, rompish, rough,
     rough-and-tumble, rowdy, skittish, spirited, sportive, sprightly,
     storming, swaggering, swashbuckling, swashing, tumultuous, vital,
     vivacious, wild, zestful, zippy