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rollicking

ˈrɑlɪkɪŋ
WordNet
  1. (adj) rollicking
    given to merry frolicking "frolicsome students celebrated their graduation with parties and practical jokes"
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary
  1. (adj) Rollicking
    careless, swaggering
Etymology

Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary Prob. roll, with dim. suffix.

Usage in the news

Jeff and Barbara Black's rollicking, bordello-chic bar/bocce court. ashingtonian.com

Marie Pesa Rollick , 95, formerly of St Marys, died on Wednesday, Oct 10, 2012 in Deltona, Fla. She is survived by her son Ronald, daugher-in-law Patricia, four grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. smdailypress.com

"Barney" Rollick , 88, of 821 W Eschbach Rd. smdailypress.com

He was born May 7, 1922 in Rathbun, son of the late Aloys (Lewis) and Mary Eskra Rollick . smdailypress.com

Bye bye Birdie' is rollicking good fun. baystatebanner.com

Little shushing at rollicking librarians convention. courierpress.com

Children's Corner: Little shushing at rollicking librarians convention. post-gazette.com

'Rock of Ages' isn't rollicking . usatoday.com

Bentley, country acts bring rollicking tour to IUP. altoonamirror.com

Rollicking Republican Battle On For 'Swing Part Of The Swing State' Of Florida. kcur.org

Coaster caps off rollicking holiday. albanyherald.com

Indigo Girls take Seattle fans through rollicking , reflective set. seattletimes.nwsource.com

Have a rollicking good time on The Rock. vancouversun.com

This is a rollicking sequel to the wildly popular PUNK FARM. icn.org

Others are loud and rollicking. allaboutbeer.com

Usage in literature

Such a little thing, a happy, rollicking child! "In Blue Creek Cañon" by Anna Chapin Ray

What we want is a rollicking, fun loving girl to start us. "The Girls at Mount Morris" by Amanda Minnie Douglas

Along with this rollicking fun he had a vein of deepest melancholy. "The Negro and the Nation" by George S. Merriam

Whistling a lively, rollicking air, with a note as clear and strong as a bird's. "Margaret Montfort" by Laura E. Richards

It scarcely can be read without stirring a rollicking melody in the ears of the listener. "Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 10" by Charles Herbert Sylvester

Joscelyn's new play was a homely, pleasant production with rollicking comedy and heart-moving pathos skilfully commingled. "Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1905 to 1906" by Lucy Maud Montgomery

Paul danced with rollicking abandon, seldom taking his eyes from Joan's face. "Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1909 to 1922" by Lucy Maud Montgomery

He had a rollicking, contagious laugh, and a courteous heart toward every one. "The Cricket" by Marjorie Cooke

Going home under the first pale stars, we were three rollicking blades indeed. "Explorers of the Dawn" by Mazo de la Roche

Thus it will be seen that they were Rollicking College Boys and not Common Rowdies. "Fables in Slang" by George Ade

Usage in poetry
Rusty firelock on his shoulder;
Rusty cutlass on his thigh;
Never jollier British subject
Rollicked underneath the sky.
Our voices we had joined with song
Of bird ecstatic, light, and free;
Our laughter rollicked with the brook
Running through darkness merrily.
Oh, he works with a rollicking stave at lip,
And loud is the chorus skirled;
With the burly rote of his rumbling throat
He batters it down the world.
Once, in the beautiful long ago,
Some dear little children I used to know;
Girls who were merry as lambs at play,
And laughed and rollicked the livelong day.
Or the path climbs a boulder--wades a slough--
Or, rollicking through buttercups and flags,
Goes gaily dancing o'er a deep bayou
On old tree-trunks and snags:
He handed his life a poisoned draught,
With a scornful smile and a cold, cold glance,
And the merry bystanders loudly laughed
(For the rollicking world was gay!).