Frolic

Quick meaning: Frolic is an adjective meaning (now rare) Merry, joyous, full of mirth; later especially, frolicsome, sportive, full of playful mischief.

Meaning

(now rare) Merry, joyous, full of mirth; later especially, frolicsome, sportive, full of playful mischief.

More Meanings

1. (intransitive) To make merry; to have fun; to romp; to behave playfully and uninhibitedly.
2. (transitive, archaic) To cause to be merry.
3. Gaiety; merriment.
4. A playful antic.
5. (obsolete, rare) Free; liberal; bountiful; generous.
6. (obsolete, chiefly US) A social gathering.

Example Sentences

We saw the lambs frolicking in the meadow.

You meet him at the tables and conversations of the wise, the impertinent, the grave, the frolic, and the witty; [...]

The frolick wind that breathes the Spring, Zephyr with Aurora playing, As he met her once a Maying There on Beds of Violets blew,

For women, born to be controul’d, Stoop to the forward and the bold, Affect the haughty and the proud, The gay, the frollick, and the loud.

Word Forms

• frolick
• frolics
• frolicking
• frolicked

Synonyms for frolic

Depending on context, synonyms include frisk, caper, play, disport, cavort, romp.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include rollick, gambol, cavort, caper, disport, romp.

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