Hypertext Webster Gateway: "rollicking"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Rollic \Rol"lic\ (r[o^]l"l[i^]k), v. i. [imp. & p. p.
{Rollicked} (-l[i^]kt); p. pr. & vb. n. {Rollicking}.]
[Corrupt. fr. frolic, under the influence of roll.]
To move or play in a careless, swaggering manner, with a
frolicsome air; to frolic; to sport; commonly in the form
rollicking. [Colloq.]
He described his friends as rollicking blades. --T.
Hook.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
rollicking
adj : given to merry frolicking; "frolicsome students celebrated
their graduation with parties and practical jokes"
[syn: {coltish}, {frolicsome}, {frolicky}, {sportive}]
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