frolic

[frol-ik]

noun

1. merry play; merriment; gaiety; fun.

2. a merrymaking or party.

3. playful behavior or action; prank.

verb (used without object)

frolicked, frolicking 

1. to gambol merrily; to play in a frisky, light-spirited manner; romp.

   The children were frolicking in the snow.

   Synonyms: revel, sport

2. to have fun; engage in merrymaking; play merry pranks.

adjective

1. merry; full of fun.

frolic

/ ˈfrɒlɪk /

noun

1. a light-hearted entertainment or occasion

2. light-hearted activity; gaiety; merriment

verb

1. (intr) to caper about; act or behave playfully

adjective

1. archaic,  full of merriment or fun

Other Word Forms

• frolicker noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of frolic¹

1530–40; < Dutch vrolijk joyful (cognate with German fröhlich ), equivalent to vro glad + -lijk -ly

Word History and Origins

Origin of frolic¹

C16: from Dutch vrolijk , from Middle Dutch vro happy, glad; related to Old High German frō happy

Example Sentences

Grandma’s not frolicking around in some divine paradise.

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There are light, fond echoes of François Truffaut’s frolicking ode to cinematic fakery “Day for Night” and Ingmar Bergman’s bumpy ride on memory road “Wild Strawberries.”

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Before that he was a young boy, born on Halloween, frolicking among unmarked headstones as the son of funerary masons.

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And soon, newborn calves were frolicking around the farm.

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When she was ruling Egypt and frolicking with Mark Antony, the Sphinx had already been buried up to its neck in sand for thousands of years.

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Related Words

• cavort 
• gambol