noun
- merry play; merriment; gaiety; fun.
- a merrymaking or party.
- playful behavior or action; prank.
verb (used without object), frol·icked, frol·ick·ing.
- to gambol merrily; to play in a frisky, light-spirited manner; romp: The children were frolicking in the snow.
- to have fun; engage in merrymaking; play merry pranks.
adjective
- merry; full of fun.
noun
- a light-hearted entertainment or occasion
- light-hearted activity; gaiety; merriment
verb -ics, -icking or -icked
- (intr) to caper about; act or behave playfully
adjective
- archaic, or literary full of merriment or fun
1530s, as an adjective, “joyous, merry,” from Middle Dutch vrolyc (adj.) “happy,” from vro- “merry, glad,” + lyc “like.” Cognate with German fröhlich “happy.” The stem is cognate with Old Norse frar “swift,” Middle English frow “hasty,” from PIE *preu- (see frog (n.1)), giving the whole an etymological sense akin to “jumping for joy.” The verb is first attested 1580s. Related: Frolicked; frolicking. As a noun, from 1610s.