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ROLLICKING
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Dictionary entry overview: What does rollicking mean?
• ROLLICKING (adjective)
The adjective ROLLICKING has 1 sense:
1. given to merry frolicking
Familiarity information: ROLLICKING used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Given to merry frolicking
Synonyms:
coltish; frolicky; frolicsome; rollicking; sportive
Context example:
frolicsome students celebrated their graduation with parties and practical jokes
Similar:
playful (full of fun and high spirits)
Context examples
Suddenly there came swelling up a deep-voiced, rollicking chorus from somewhere out of the darkness.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
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