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rollick

rol·lick

UK/ˈɹɒlɪk/ US/ˈɹɑlɪk/ uncommon

verb

1.

play boisterously

  • “The children frolicked in the garden”
  • “the gamboling lambs in the meadows”
  • “The toddlers romped in the playroom”

Origin

Presumably a blend of roll + frolic; appeared 1811 as rollicking, 1826 as rollick.

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