frolic Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun gay or light-hearted recreational activity for diversion or amusement
    caper; play; gambol; romp.
    • it was all done in play
    • their frolic in the surf threatened to become ugly
  2. verb play boisterously
    disport; rollick; cavort; romp; run around; skylark; sport; frisk; lark; lark about; gambol.
    • The children frolicked in the garden
    • the gamboling lambs in the meadows
    • The toddlers romped in the playroom

WordNet

Frol"ic adjective
Etymology
D. vroolijk; akin to G. frölich, fr. froh, OHG. fr, Dan. fro, OS. frh, cf. Icel. frr swift; all perh. akin to Skr. pru to spring up.
Definitions
  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.
Frol"ic noun
Definitions
  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.
Frol"ic intransitive verb
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Frolicked ; present participle & verbal noun Frolicking
Definitions
  1. To play wild pranks; to play tricks of levity, mirth, and gayety; to indulge in frolicsome play; to sport.
    Hither, come hither, and frolic and play. Tennyson.

Webster 1913