frolic
noun
merry play; merriment; gaiety; fun.
are frolicking
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present progressiveof frolic.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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But I gazed as dutifully as my two cats do when birds are frolicking in the tree outside the window.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 20, 2019
When Elsa and her younger sister, Anna, are frolicking around the palace as children, the elder princess' bizarre snow-making powers amount to little more than a spurt of confetti.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 22, 2018
Perhaps you’ve joined me this week in envious gawking at the Instagram and Twitter photos from Hawaii, where 22 Seahawks players are frolicking in the tropics.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 18, 2015
Who has ever looked upon an old-world wheat-field, where poppies and vetches are frolicking among the ears, and begrudged Nature her pastime?
From Imaginary Interviews by William Dean Howells
The eye is first attracted to the ceiling, painted in fresco in the Italian manner, where lightsome arabesques are frolicking.
From Sons of the Soil by Honoré de Balzac
