'Rollicking' definitions:
Definition of 'rollicking'
From: WordNet
adjective
Given to merry frolicking; "frolicsome students celebrated their graduation with parties and practical jokes" [syn: coltish, frolicsome, frolicky, rollicking, sportive]
Definition of 'Rollicking'
From: GCIDE
- Rollic \Rol"lic\ (r[o^]l"l[i^]k), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Rollicked (-l[i^]kt); p. pr. & vb. n. Rollicking.] [Corrupt. fr. frolic, under the influence of roll.] To move or play in a careless, swaggering manner, with a frolicsome air; to frolic; to sport; commonly in the form rollicking. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster]
- He described his friends as rollicking blades. --T. Hook. [1913 Webster] Rollejee Rolliche
Synonyms of 'rollicking'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- animated,
- antic,
- blustering,
- blusterous,
- blustery,
- boisterous,
- bullying,
- capersome,
- cheerful,
- coltish,
- exuberant,
- frisky,
- frolicsome,
- full of beans,
- gamesome,
- gay,
- glad,
- happy,
- harum-scarum,
- hearty,
- hectoring,
- joyful,
- joyous,
- knock-down-and-drag-out,
- knockabout,
- lighthearted,
- lively,
- noisy,
- playful,
- raging,
- rambunctious,
- rampageous,
- ranting,
- raving,
- roistering,
- roisterous,
- rollicksome,
- rompish,
- rough,
- rough-and-tumble,
- rowdy,
- skittish,
- spirited,
- sportive,
- sprightly,
- storming,
- swaggering,
- swashbuckling,
- swashing,
- tumultuous,
- vital,
- vivacious,
- wild,
- zestful,
- zippy