[ US /ˈɹɑɫɪkɪŋ/ ]
[ UK /ɹˈə‍ʊlɪkɪŋ/ ]
ADJECTIVE
  1. given to merry frolicking
    frolicsome students celebrated their graduation with parties and practical jokes
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How To Use rollicking In A Sentence

  • The concluding Allegro has a rollicking, folksy character, complete with a drone-like accompaniment.
  • It is a rollicking, unapologetic read. Times, Sunday Times
  • Sadly, the pace slows down considerably at the one-hour mark, and the film has a hard time recovering the sense of rollicking adventure supplied by the first half.
  • Everyone was in a circle now, dancing to a rollicking tune played by the small band, and changing partners.
  • He is a gifted storyteller with a deadpan sense of humour and the book is a rollicking read. Times, Sunday Times
  • He spurs on his younger sidekick to a career best on a rollicking blues album that's full of great riffs and inventive playing. The Sun
  • Julia Child was a larger than life figure: tall, gangling, rollickingly posh with an extraordinary voice that swooped and swelled and swarmed over its plummy vowels. A Passion for Life « Tales from the Reading Room
  • But the forum has outpaced the other, stodgier gay listservs by drawing in members with rollicking discussions about figure skater Johnny Weir's performances at the Winter Olympics. 'Pink Hill Mafia' injects color into Capitol Hill's dull listserv culture
  • Although the film is strongly plotted, its leisurely pace and quiet tone take it more in the direction of character study than the rollicking caper promised by the packaging.
  • GETTING a rollicking from your boss? The Sun
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