rollicking

UK: /ˈrɒlɪkɪŋ/ US: (rol′i king)

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rol•lick•ing  (rol′i king), adj. 

1. carefree and joyous:
   They had a rollicking good time.
2. swaggering;
   boisterous.

• rollick + -ing² 1805–15

rol′lick•ing•ly, adv. 
rol′lick•ing•ness, n. 
Synonyms

• 1. . jolly, hearty, merry, gay, exuberant.

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rollicking / ˈrɒlɪkɪŋ/ adjective

1. boisterously carefree and swaggering

noun

1. a very severe telling-off; dressing-down

Etymology: 20th Century: for sense 2: from rollick (vb) (in former sense: to be angry, make a fuss); perhaps influenced by bollocking

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rol•lick /ˈrɑlɪk/   v. [no object]

1. to move or act in a carefree and happy or noisy and excited manner.

rol•lick•ing, adj.: 

a rollicking good time.

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rol•lick  (rol′ik), v.i. 

1. to move or act in a carefree, frolicsome manner;
   behave in a free, hearty, gay, or jovial way.

• blend of, blended romp and frolic 1820–30

rol′lick•er, n. 

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rollick / ˈrɒlɪk/ verb

1. (intransitive) to behave in a carefree, frolicsome, or boisterous manner

noun

1. a boisterous or carefree escapade or event

Etymology: 19th Century: of Scottish dialect origin, probably from romp + frolic