What does "frolic" mean?
Frolic: A wild prank; a flight of levity, or of gayety and mirth. He would be at his frolic once again. Roscommon.
Additional senses
- 2.A scene of gayety and mirth, as in lively play, or in dancing; a merrymaking.
- 3.To play wild pranks; to play tricks of levity, mirth, and gayety; to indulge in frolicsome play; to sport. Hither, come hither, and frolic and play. Tennyson.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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