I. ˈfrälik, -lēk adjective
Etymology: Dutch vroolijk, from Middle Dutch vrolijc, from vro happy, joyful + -lijc -ly (akin to Old High German -līh ); akin to Old Frisian frō happy, Old Saxon frā, frō, fraho, Old High German frō happy, Old Norse frār swift, Old English frogga frog — more at frog
: full of fun or mirth : dancing, playing, or frisking about : gay , merry
contrasting the stern anxiety of his present mood with the frolic spirit of the preceding year — Nathaniel Hawthorne
• frol·ic·ly -lə̇klē, -li adverb
II. “, chiefly in pres part -lək intransitive verb
( frolicked ; frolicked ; frolicking ; frolics )
1. : to amuse oneself : make merry : make fun : disport , revel
who has frolicked with him the night before and little dreams that he is to leave her — Encyc. Americana
2. : to move gaily or sportively : play about happily : romp , caper , gambol
two white pigeons frolicking on the green lawn — New York Times
a young daughter who … frolicked around the bar, the storerooms, and the wine cellars — New Yorker
Synonyms: see play
III. noun
( -s )
Etymology: frolic (II)
1. : a playful, sportive, or gaily mischievous action : a good time : prank , lark
would ask a visitor if she wanted onions in her cocoa … had always been up to some frolic like that — Jean Stafford
boys bent on a frolic — Margaret Mead
for the first ten months the klan existed mainly as a frolic — Dixon Wecter
2.
a. : fun , merriment , gaiety
their sedateness is as comical as their frolic — George Meredith
can read and enjoy him for his lively sense of adventure and frolic — Richard McLaughlin
expecting to indulge in an evening of lightsome frolic — Theodore Dreiser
b. : an occasion or scene of gaiety and mirth : dance , party , picnic
working in behalf of the seventh annual spring frolic , a tea dance — New York Times
frolics at the officers' club — H.H.Martin
as
(1) dialect : bee 3
quilting frolic
(2) dialect : a lively country party usually with dancing and games
Synonyms: see play II