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frolicnoun a playful or mischievous act intended as a jokewe indulgently listened to the senior citizens share memories of long-ago frolics antic, caper, capriccio, dido, escapade, gag, jest, knavery, monkeyshine(s), practical joke, prank, rag(chiefly British), roguery, shavie(Scottish), shine(s), trick, waggery skylarkingadventure, experience, game, lark, timehigh jinks(also hijinks), horseplay, play, roughhousing, rowdyismshenanigan(s), tomfooleryjoking, kidding, teasinggambit, hoax, maneuver, ploydeed, feat, mission, performance, stuntcaprice, conceit, fancy, vagary, whim, whimsy(also whimsey)deceit, deception, delusion, fooling, fraud, hanky-panky, hoodwinking, ruse, sham, stratagem, subterfuge, trickery, wile a time or instance of carefree funtook the long weekend as a three-day frolic and spent it at the beach binge, fling, frisk, gambol, idyll(also idyl), lark, ploy, revel, rollick, romp, spree caper, escapade, prankbender, brannigan, bum, bust, carouse, souse, splore(Scottish), tootantic, monkeyshine(s), shenanigan(s)field dayfestivity, merriment, merrymakingenjoyment, indulgence, pleasure, self-indulgenceamusement, diversion, entertainment, recreation activity engaged in to amuse oneselffirmly believes that childhood should be a time of carefree frolic dalliance, frolicking, fun, fun and games, play, recreation, relaxation, rollicking, sport gamboling(or gambolling), rompingamusement, diversion, entertainmenthobby, hobbyhorse, pastimedelight, enjoyment, pleasance, pleasurefriskiness, playfulness, sportiveness, wantonnessdevilment, devilry(or deviltry), hanky-panky, hob, impishness, jinks, knavery, mischief, mischievousness, rascality, roguishness, waggerybinge, fling, kick, lark, revel, rollick, spreehilarity, merriment, merrymaking, revelry, whoopeebuffoonery, high jinks(also hijinks), horseplay, tomfoolery drudgery, labor, workduty, obligation, responsibility frolicadjectivejoyously unrestrainedthe frolic atmosphere that envelops New Orleans during Mardi Gras bouncy, bubbly, buoyant, crank(chiefly dialect), effervescent, exuberant, frolicsome, gamesome, gay, high-spirited, vivacious extroverted(also extraverted), outgoing, uninhibitedcarefree, happy-go-lucky, insouciant, joyful, lighthearted, lively, sprightlyboisterous, raucous, rollicking, rowdygiddy, light-headed, overexuberant, sillyecstatic, euphoric, lyric, rapturousaudacious, bold, brash, brazen, impertinent, impudent, insolent, saucy low-spirited, sullen constrained, inhibited, repressed, restrained, subduedimpassive, phlegmatic, stoic(or stoical), stoliddepressed, dour, glum, morose, surly frolicverbto play and run about happilyscores of swimmers were frolicking in the ocean surf along the beach caper, cavort, disport, frisk, gambol, lark, rollick, romp, sport bound, hop, leap, lope, skip, spring, trip, tumblecurvet, dance, prancecarouse, revel, roistercarry on, fool around, horse aroundclown, cut upjoyride, roughhouse, skylarkkite cut capers, kick up one's heels mope, pout, stew, sulk to engage in activity for amusementhe would rather frolic than do yard work any day of the week dally, disport, play, recreate, rollick, skylark, sport, toy cavort, frisk, gambol, rompdabble, trifleamuse, divert, entertaindelight, pleasedabble, fiddle (around), mess around, putter (around)bum (around), dawdle, goldbrick, hang, hang about(British), idle, loaf, lounge (around or about), relax, rest, screw around, slack (off)jest, joke, tease drudge, labor, plod, plug (away), slave, strain, strive, struggle, sweat, toil, work ca. 1548 |