rollicking
rollicking is the present participle and gerund of rollick.
Meaning of rollick
Verb (1)
rollick (third-person singular simple present rollicks, present participle rollicking, simple past and past participle rollicked)
- To behave in a playful or carefree manner; to frolic or romp.
- But the third Emir, now seeing himself all alone on the quarter-deck, seems to feel relieved from some curious restraint; for, tipping all sorts of knowing winks in all sorts of directions, and kicking off his shoes, he strikes into a sharp but noiseless squall of a hornpipe right over the Grand...1851 November 14, Herman Melville, chapter 34, in Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC, page 163
Verb (2)
rollick (third-person singular simple present rollicks, present participle rollicking, simple past and past participle rollicked)
- To reprimand.
Noun
rollicking (plural rollickings)
- A scolding, a bollocking.
- Thanks for explaining the situation. I'm going to give him the rollicking of his life.2004. Richard Ayoade as Dean Learner in "Once Upon a Beginning", Garth Marenghi's Darkplace episode 1
- He can give someone a right rollicking but it comes over as advice.2006, James Russell, Fortune and Power, page 143
Adjective
rollicking (comparative more rollicking, superlative most rollicking)
- carefree, merry and boisterous
- Tin Maung gave an order and in due course the head-waiter arrived, a rollicking Shan with shining bald head and Manchu moustaches, carrying a dish heaped with scrawny chickens' limbs, jaundiced with curry, a bowl of rice and a couple of aluminium plates.1952, Norman Lewis, Golden Earth
- The episode’s unwillingness to fully commit to the pathos of the Bart-and-Laura subplot is all the more frustrating considering its laugh quota is more than filled by a rollicking B-story that finds Homer, he of the iron stomach and insatiable appetite, filing a lawsuit against The Frying Dutchman...2012 May 27, Nathan Rabin, “TV: Review: THE SIMPSONS (CLASSIC): “New Kid On The Block” (season 4, episode 8; originally aired 11/12/1992)”, in The Onion AV Club
- Synonyms:
- rollicksome
Synonyms of rollicking
Forms of rollicking
| Verb | |
|---|---|
| alternative form | rollocking |
| Noun | |
| plural | rollickings |
| Adjective | |
| comparative | more rollicking |
| superlative | most rollicking |
Words formed from rollicking
Questions about rollicking
- What does rollicking mean?
- Rollicking means a scolding, a bollocking.
- What is rollicking the present participle and gerund of?
- Rollicking is the present participle and gerund of rollick.
- What part of speech is rollicking?
- Rollicking can be a noun or an adjective.
- What is the plural of rollicking?
- The plural of rollicking is rollickings.
Words near rollicking in the dictionary
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