adjective
- carefree and joyous: They had a rollicking good time.
- swaggering; boisterous.
verb (used without object)
- to move or act in a carefree, frolicsome manner; behave in a free, hearty, lively, or jovial way.
adjective
- boisterously carefree and swaggering
noun
- British informal a very severe telling-off; dressing-down
verb
- (intr) to behave in a carefree, frolicsome, or boisterous manner
noun
- a boisterous or carefree escapade or event
1811, present participle adjective from rollick “be jovial in behavior” (though this does not appear in print until 1826), which perhaps is a blend of roll (v.) and frolic (v.).