Past tense of frolic
regular verb
The past tense of frolic is frolicked. The past participle is also frolicked.
Forms of frolic
| Base form (V1) | frolic /ˈfɹɒlɪk/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | frolicked |
| Past participle (V3) | frolicked |
| Present participle | frolicking |
| Third person singular | frolics |
Frolicked in a sentence
- A pod of twenty-two footers raced and frolicked like ten-year-olds on skateboards.2003 08, Sabra Morgan, The Majesty of Trees, iUniverse, →ISBN, page 104. From the entry broody
- He had frolicked and played about this very jungle with them during their brief childhood.1913, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Return of Tarzan, New York: Ballantine Books, published 1963, page 196. From the entry overlong
- Everybody loved William; he was one of the gang of cousins who frolicked in Bubbie and Zeydie's yard at holidays.1997, Patricia Irwin Johnston, Launching a Baby's Adoption: Practical Strategies for Parents and Professionals, Perspectives Press (IN)…. From the entry zeydie
- Above them, more beasts frolicked in the sea: mer-unicorns, mer-dragons, mer-wolves, mer-elephants, even, Megan saw with astonishment, a mer-sphinx.1994, Patricia A. McKillip, Something Rich and Strange, published 2015, →ISBN. From the entry mer-wolf
- So we frolicked all day and firkytoodled all night.1983, Joanna Dessau, Lord of the Ladies, page 73. From the entry firkytoodle
Meaning of frolic
- adjective Merry, joyous, full of mirth; later especially, frolicsome, sportive, full of playful mischief.
- adjective Free; liberal; bountiful; generous.
- verb To make merry; to have fun; to romp; to behave playfully and uninhibitedly.
Questions about the past tense of frolic
- What is the past tense of frolic?
- The past tense of frolic is frolicked.
- What is the past participle of frolic?
- The past participle of frolic is frolicked.
- Is frolic a regular or irregular verb?
- Frolic is a regular verb: its past tense doubles the last letter and adds -ed.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: frolic (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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