Frolic \Frol"ic\ (fr[o^]l"[i^]k), a. [D. vroolijk; akin to G.
fr["o]lich, fr. froh, OHG. fr[=o], Dan. fro, OS. fr[=a]h, cf.
Icel. fr[=a]r swift; all perh. akin to Skr. pru to spring
up.]
Full of levity; dancing, playing, or frisking about; full of
pranks; frolicsome; gay; merry.
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The frolic wind that breathes the spring. --Milton.
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The gay, the frolic, and the loud. --Waller.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Frolic \Frol"ic\, n.
1. A wild prank; a flight of levity, or of gayety and mirth.
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He would be at his frolic once again. --Roscommon.
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2. A scene of gayety and mirth, as in lively play, or in
dancing; a merrymaking.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Frolic \Frol"ic\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Frolicked; p. pr. & vb.
n. Frolicking.]
To play wild pranks; to play tricks of levity, mirth, and
gayety; to indulge in frolicsome play; to sport.
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Hither, come hither, and frolic and play. --Tennyson.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
frolic
n : gay or light-hearted recreational activity for diversion or
amusement; "it was all done in play"; "their frolic in
the surf threatened to become ugly" [syn: play, romp,
gambol, caper]
v : play boisterously; "The children frolicked in the garden";
"the gamboling lambs in the meadows"; "The toddlers
romped in the playroom" [syn: lark, rollick, skylark,
disport, sport, cavort, gambol, frisk, romp,
run around, lark about]
[also: frolicking, frolicked]
WordNet (r) 2.0
81 Moby Thesaurus words for "frolic":
antic, beam, caper, caracole, carol, carouse, carry on, cavort,
celebration, chirp, chirrup, clap hands, curvet, cut a dido,
cut capers, cut up, dance, delight, dido, disport, escapade, exult,
festivity, flounce, fool around, frisk, fun and games, gaiety,
gambado, gambol, glory, glow, have fun, hell, high jinks,
horse around, horseplay, jollification, jollity, joy, jubilate,
lark, laugh, lilt, make whoopee, merriment, merrymaking, mirth,
monkeyshine, monkeyshines, party, partying, play, practical joke,
prank, radiate cheer, rejoice, revel, revelry, riot, roister,
rollick, romp, shenanigan, shenanigans, shines, sing, skip,
skip for joy, skylark, skylarking, smile, sparkle, sport, spree,
tomfoolery, trick, trip, waggish trick, wassail, whistle
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
Frolic
A Prolog system in Common Lisp.
(ftp://ftp.cs.utah.edu/pub/frolic.tar.Z).
(1991-11-23)
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03)
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