rollick

[ rol-ik ]

verb (used without object)

1. to move or act in a carefree, lively, or joyful manner:

   The foals rollicked in the pasture.

   The concert-goers rollicked until the wee hours.

rollick

/ ˈrɒlɪk /

verb

1. intr to behave in a carefree, frolicsome, or boisterous manner

noun

1. a boisterous or carefree escapade or event

Other Words From

• rol·lick·er noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of rollick¹

First recorded in 1820–30; origin uncertain, perhaps blend of romp and frolic

Word History and Origins

Origin of rollick¹

C19: of Scottish dialect origin, probably from romp + frolic

Example Sentences

Patricia Smith, author of “Incendiary,” called the collection “a rollick, a gut-screech, the unbridled bellow of a Black gxrl, an inscrutable soup that tastes remarkably sharp and feral, like the covetous tip of the poet’s drawn blade. To enter here is to provoke both revolution and revelation, to risk your known life at the feet of a fervid and improbable prophet.”

From Seattle Times

Worth a splurge: Made from grapes air-dried after harvest until they become raisins, this exquisite dessert wine tastes of spiced orange rind, caramel and roasted nuts, with flavors that continue to rollick across your palate for more than a minute after each sip.

From Washington Post

“The varieties of emergency — ecological, psychological, familial, medical — are the half-hidden subject of Kleeman’s novel, burning at the periphery of what begins as a modishly detached rollick through Hollywood and its empty promises.”

From New York Times

Don’t rollick with a President Biden who would have in his cabinet Rahm Emanuel, the former mayor of Chicago whose city, in full antithesis to Black athletes’ protests of racist policing, suppressed police dash-cam video of Chicago cops gunning down unarmed Black teen Laquan McDonald.

From Washington Post

Armed with an exuberantly boyish timbre, his vocals rollick through the album’s melodies with exaggerated leaps and dips.

From New York Times