Definition of Frolic

Frol´ic   Pronunciation: frǒl´ĭk
a.1.Full of levity; dancing, playing, or frisking about; full of pranks; frolicsome; gay; merry.
The frolic wind that breathes the spring.
- Milton.
The gay, the frolic, and the loud.
- Waller.
n.1.A wild prank; a flight of levity, or of gayety and mirth.
He would be at his frolic once again.
- Roscommon.
2.A scene of gayety and mirth, as in lively play, or in dancing; a merrymaking.
v. i.1.To play wild pranks; to play tricks of levity, mirth, and gayety; to indulge in frolicsome play; to sport.
[imp. & p. p. Frolicked ; p. pr. & vb. n. Frolicking.]
Hither, come hither, and frolic and play.
- Tennyson.


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