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rollickingadjective being rough or noisy in a high-spirited wayreunions with his friends from college were usually rollicking affairs boisterous, hell-raising, knockabout, rambunctious, raucous, robustious, roisterous, rowdy, rumbustious(chiefly British) callithumpian, carnival, carnivalesque, larrikin(chiefly Australian), raffish, rampageous, riotous, rowdyish, ruffianlystormy, tempestuous, turbulent, violentheadstrong, intractable, obstreperous, recalcitrant, uncontrollable, uncontrolled, undisciplined, ungovernable, uninhibited, unmanageable, unreserved, unrestrained, unruly, wild, willful(or wilful)bubbly, buoyant, effervescent, exuberant, high-spirited, impassioned, lively, sprightly, vivaciousclamorous, loudmouthed, noisy, openmouthed, rackety, strident, vociferoushowling, screaming, yelling wild and woolly orderly sedate, sober, solemn, somber(or sombre), staiddecorous, dignified, proper, seemlycalm, hushed, noiseless, peaceful, placid, quiet, restrained, serene, silent, soundless, tranquilcollected, composed, constrained, controlled, imperturbable, inhibited, repressed, self-controlled, unflappable, unruffledmoderate, reasonable, subdued, temperateimpassive, phlegmatic, stoic(or stoical), stoliddepressedaloof, detached, indifferent given to good-natured joking or teasinga rollicking boy who quickly charms everyone he meets antic, coltish, elfish, fay, frisky, frolicsome, larky, playful, sportful, sportive coy, kittenishgay, happy, lighthearted, whimsicalenergetic, frolic, jocund, lively, merry, spirited, sprightly, spunky, vivaciousdevilish, impish, knavish, mischievous, pixie(also pixy), rascally, roguishamusing, diverting, enjoyable, entertaining, fun, pleasurabledabbling, frivolous, goofy, silly, triflingdelightful, pleasant, pleasingjesting, jocose, jocular, joking, prankish, teasing earnest, serious-minded, sober, sobersided dutiful, responsiblegrave, grim, serious, solemn, somber(or sombre), stern, stolidno-nonsense, priggish, starchy, stuffydecorous, formal, proper, sedate, staidguarded, inhibited, restrained rollickingnounactivity engaged in to amuse oneselflikes to indulge in mindless rollicking after a day at work in order to relax dalliance, frolic, frolicking, fun, fun and games, play, recreation, relaxation, 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 rollickingverbpresent participle of rollickto engage in activity for amusementan educator who realized that children need to rollick as well as to study and learn dallying, disporting, frolicking, playing, recreating, skylarking, sporting, toying cavorting, frisking, gamboling(or gambolling), rompingdabbling, triflingamusing, diverting, entertainingdelighting, pleasingdabbling, fiddling (around), messing around, puttering (around)bumming (around), dawdling, goldbricking, hanging, hanging about(British), idling, loafing, lounging (around or about), relaxing, resting, screwing around, slacking (off)jesting, joking, teasing drudging, laboring, plodding, plugging (away), slaving, straining, striving, struggling, sweating, toiling, working to play and run about happilychildren rollicking during recess capering, cavorting, disporting, frisking, frolicking, gamboling(or gambolling), larking, romping, sporting bounding, hopping, leaping, loping, skipping, springing, tripping, tumblingcurvetting(or curveting), dancing, prancingcarousing, reveling(or revelling), roisteringcarrying on, fooling around, horsing aroundclowning, cutting upjoyriding, roughhousing, skylarkingkiting cutting capers, kicking up one's heels moping, pouting, stewing, sulking in 1811 |