"frolic" meaning in English

See frolic in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈfɹɒlɪk/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈfɹɑlɪk/ [General-American] Audio: en-us-frolic.ogg , en-au-frolic.ogg Forms: more frolic [comparative], most frolic [superlative]
Rhymes: -ɒlɪk Etymology: From Dutch vrolijk (“cheerful”), from Middle Dutch vrolijc, from Old Dutch frōlīk, from Proto-Germanic *frawalīkaz. Compare German fröhlich (“blitheful, gaily, happy, merry”). The first element, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *frawaz, is cognate with Middle English frow (“hasty”); the latter element, ultimately from *-līkaz, is cognate with -ly, -like. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*prew-|*leyg-|id2=like}}, {{der|en|nl|vrolijk||cheerful}} Dutch vrolijk (“cheerful”), {{der|en|dum|vrolijc}} Middle Dutch vrolijc, {{der|en|odt|frōlīk}} Old Dutch frōlīk, {{der|en|gem-pro|*frawalīkaz}} Proto-Germanic *frawalīkaz, {{cog|de|fröhlich||blitheful, gaily, happy, merry}} German fröhlich (“blitheful, gaily, happy, merry”), {{der|en|gem-pro|*frawaz}} Proto-Germanic *frawaz, {{cog|enm|frow||hasty}} Middle English frow (“hasty”) Head templates: {{en-adj}} frolic (comparative more frolic, superlative most frolic)
  1. (now rare) Merry, joyous, full of mirth; later especially, frolicsome, sportive, full of playful mischief. Tags: archaic
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  2. (obsolete, rare) Free; liberal; bountiful; generous. Tags: obsolete, rare
    Sense id: en-frolic-en-adj-9snXXYfu
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: frolick

Noun

IPA: /ˈfɹɒlɪk/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈfɹɑlɪk/ [General-American] Audio: en-us-frolic.ogg , en-au-frolic.ogg Forms: frolics [plural]
Rhymes: -ɒlɪk Etymology: From Dutch vrolijk (“cheerful”), from Middle Dutch vrolijc, from Old Dutch frōlīk, from Proto-Germanic *frawalīkaz. Compare German fröhlich (“blitheful, gaily, happy, merry”). The first element, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *frawaz, is cognate with Middle English frow (“hasty”); the latter element, ultimately from *-līkaz, is cognate with -ly, -like. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*prew-|*leyg-|id2=like}}, {{der|en|nl|vrolijk||cheerful}} Dutch vrolijk (“cheerful”), {{der|en|dum|vrolijc}} Middle Dutch vrolijc, {{der|en|odt|frōlīk}} Old Dutch frōlīk, {{der|en|gem-pro|*frawalīkaz}} Proto-Germanic *frawalīkaz, {{cog|de|fröhlich||blitheful, gaily, happy, merry}} German fröhlich (“blitheful, gaily, happy, merry”), {{der|en|gem-pro|*frawaz}} Proto-Germanic *frawaz, {{cog|enm|frow||hasty}} Middle English frow (“hasty”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} frolic (plural frolics)
  1. Gaiety; merriment. Translations (gaiety; merriment): веселие (veselie) [neuter] (Bulgarian), веселба (veselba) [feminine] (Bulgarian), troula [feminine] (Galician), burla [feminine] (Italian), beffa [feminine] (Italian), allegria [feminine] (Italian), gaiezza [feminine] (Italian), festejo [masculine] (Portuguese), весе́лье (vesélʹje) [neuter] (Russian), jugueteo [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-frolic-en-noun-4BQpj5Km Disambiguation of 'gaiety; merriment': 98 1 0
  2. A playful antic. Translations (playful antic): лудория (ludorija) [feminine] (Bulgarian), vallatlemine (Estonian), temmellys (Finnish), kisailu (Finnish), troula [feminine] (Galician), Scherz [masculine] (German), buffonata [feminine] (Italian), tuapa (Maori), gracejo [masculine] (Portuguese), jugueteo (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-frolic-en-noun-GgbdRm5r Disambiguation of 'playful antic': 3 94 3
  3. (obsolete, chiefly US) A social gathering. Tags: US, obsolete
    Sense id: en-frolic-en-noun-C~0y-olE Categories (other): American English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: frolick Derived forms: frolic of his own, milling frolic, turtle frolic Related terms: cavort, frolicsome

Verb

IPA: /ˈfɹɒlɪk/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈfɹɑlɪk/ [General-American] Audio: en-us-frolic.ogg , en-au-frolic.ogg Forms: frolics [present, singular, third-person], frolicking [participle, present], frolicked [participle, past], frolicked [past]
Rhymes: -ɒlɪk Etymology: From Dutch vrolijk (“cheerful”), from Middle Dutch vrolijc, from Old Dutch frōlīk, from Proto-Germanic *frawalīkaz. Compare German fröhlich (“blitheful, gaily, happy, merry”). The first element, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *frawaz, is cognate with Middle English frow (“hasty”); the latter element, ultimately from *-līkaz, is cognate with -ly, -like. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*prew-|*leyg-|id2=like}}, {{der|en|nl|vrolijk||cheerful}} Dutch vrolijk (“cheerful”), {{der|en|dum|vrolijc}} Middle Dutch vrolijc, {{der|en|odt|frōlīk}} Old Dutch frōlīk, {{der|en|gem-pro|*frawalīkaz}} Proto-Germanic *frawalīkaz, {{cog|de|fröhlich||blitheful, gaily, happy, merry}} German fröhlich (“blitheful, gaily, happy, merry”), {{der|en|gem-pro|*frawaz}} Proto-Germanic *frawaz, {{cog|enm|frow||hasty}} Middle English frow (“hasty”) Head templates: {{en-verb|~s|~king|~ked}} frolic (third-person singular simple present frolics, present participle frolicking, simple past and past participle frolicked)
  1. (intransitive) To make merry; to have fun; to romp; to behave playfully and uninhibitedly. Tags: intransitive Translations (behave playfully and uninhibitedly): σκιρτάω (skirtáō) (Ancient Greek), лудувам (luduvam) (Bulgarian), enjogassar-se (Catalan), ᎠᏁᏦᏍᎦ (anetsosga) (Cherokee), 嬉戲 [Hokkien] (Chinese), 嬉戏 (hi-hì) [Hokkien] (Chinese), 嬉戲 (Chinese Cantonese), 嬉戏 (hei¹ hei³) (Chinese Cantonese), (nǎo) (Chinese Mandarin), 嬉戲 (Chinese Mandarin), 嬉戏 (xīxì) (Chinese Mandarin), plezier maken (Dutch), dollen (Dutch), pret maken (Dutch), keten (Dutch), rollebollen (Dutch), dartelen (Dutch), gaji (Esperanto), vallatlema (Estonian), temmeltää (Finnish), kisailla (Finnish), ilotella (Finnish), karkeloida (Finnish), folâtrer (French), gambader (French), troulear (Galician), მხიარულობს (mxiarulobs) (Georgian), ნავარდობს (navardobs) (Georgian), ცელქობს (celkobs) (Georgian), ანცობს (ancobs) (Georgian), ციგლიგებს (cigligebs) (Georgian), scherzen (German), ugrándozik (english: by moving) (Hungarian), szökdécsel (Hungarian), ficánkol (Hungarian), viháncol (Hungarian), ugrabugrál (Hungarian), szökell (Hungarian), fickándozik (Hungarian), hancúrozik (Hungarian), kergetőzik (Hungarian), rajcsúrozik (Hungarian), bolondozik [broadly] (Hungarian), mókázik (Hungarian), scherzare (Italian), 浮かれ騒ぐ (ukare sawagu) (alt: うかれさわぐ) (Japanese), pepe (Maori), tākarokaro (Maori), pūhoru (note: in water) (Maori), tuapa (Maori), baraszkować (Polish), dokazywać (Polish), figlować (Polish), swawolić (Polish), retouçar (Portuguese), резви́ться (rezvítʹsja) (Russian), прока́зничать (prokázničatʹ) (Russian), hrať sa (Slovak), juguetear (Spanish), retozar (Spanish), saltimbanquear [Latin-America] (Spanish), leka (Swedish)
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  2. (transitive, archaic) To cause to be merry. Tags: archaic, transitive
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: frolick Derived forms: rollick

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "text": "We saw the lambs frolicking in the meadow.",
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        "To make merry; to have fun; to romp; to behave playfully and uninhibitedly."
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      "id": "en-frolic-en-verb-D-59WuVq",
      "links": [
        [
          "make merry",
          "make merry"
        ],
        [
          "have fun",
          "have fun"
        ],
        [
          "romp",
          "romp"
        ],
        [
          "behave",
          "behave"
        ],
        [
          "playfully",
          "playfully"
        ],
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          "uninhibitedly",
          "uninhibitedly"
        ]
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        "(intransitive) To make merry; to have fun; to romp; to behave playfully and uninhibitedly."
      ],
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        "intransitive"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "luduvam",
          "sense": "behave playfully and uninhibitedly",
          "word": "лудувам"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "behave playfully and uninhibitedly",
          "word": "enjogassar-se"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "chr",
          "lang": "Cherokee",
          "roman": "anetsosga",
          "sense": "behave playfully and uninhibitedly",
          "word": "ᎠᏁᏦᏍᎦ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "yue",
          "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
          "sense": "behave playfully and uninhibitedly",
          "word": "嬉戲"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "yue",
          "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
          "roman": "hei¹ hei³",
          "sense": "behave playfully and uninhibitedly",
          "word": "嬉戏"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "nan-hbl",
          "lang": "Chinese",
          "sense": "behave playfully and uninhibitedly",
          "tags": [
            "Hokkien"
          ],
          "word": "嬉戲"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "nan-hbl",
          "lang": "Chinese",
          "roman": "hi-hì",
          "sense": "behave playfully and uninhibitedly",
          "tags": [
            "Hokkien"
          ],
          "word": "嬉戏"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "nǎo",
          "sense": "behave playfully and uninhibitedly",
          "word": "嫐"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "behave playfully and uninhibitedly",
          "word": "嬉戲"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "xīxì",
          "sense": "behave playfully and uninhibitedly",
          "word": "嬉戏"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "behave playfully and uninhibitedly",
          "word": "plezier maken"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "behave playfully and uninhibitedly",
          "word": "dollen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "behave playfully and uninhibitedly",
          "word": "pret maken"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "behave playfully and uninhibitedly",
          "word": "keten"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "behave playfully and uninhibitedly",
          "word": "rollebollen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "behave playfully and uninhibitedly",
          "word": "dartelen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "behave playfully and uninhibitedly",
          "word": "gaji"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "behave playfully and uninhibitedly",
          "word": "vallatlema"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "behave playfully and uninhibitedly",
          "word": "temmeltää"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "behave playfully and uninhibitedly",
          "word": "kisailla"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "behave playfully and uninhibitedly",
          "word": "ilotella"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "behave playfully and uninhibitedly",
          "word": "karkeloida"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "behave playfully and uninhibitedly",
          "word": "folâtrer"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "behave playfully and uninhibitedly",
          "word": "gambader"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "behave playfully and uninhibitedly",
          "word": "troulear"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "mxiarulobs",
          "sense": "behave playfully and uninhibitedly",
          "word": "მხიარულობს"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "navardobs",
          "sense": "behave playfully and uninhibitedly",
          "word": "ნავარდობს"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "celkobs",
          "sense": "behave playfully and uninhibitedly",
          "word": "ცელქობს"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "ancobs",
          "sense": "behave playfully and uninhibitedly",
          "word": "ანცობს"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "cigligebs",
          "sense": "behave playfully and uninhibitedly",
          "word": "ციგლიგებს"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "behave playfully and uninhibitedly",
          "word": "scherzen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "skirtáō",
          "sense": "behave playfully and uninhibitedly",
          "word": "σκιρτάω"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "hu",
          "english": "by moving",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "behave playfully and uninhibitedly",
          "word": "ugrándozik"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "behave playfully and uninhibitedly",
          "word": "szökdécsel"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "behave playfully and uninhibitedly",
          "word": "ficánkol"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "behave playfully and uninhibitedly",
          "word": "viháncol"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "behave playfully and uninhibitedly",
          "word": "ugrabugrál"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "behave playfully and uninhibitedly",
          "word": "szökell"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "behave playfully and uninhibitedly",
          "word": "fickándozik"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "behave playfully and uninhibitedly",
          "word": "hancúrozik"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "behave playfully and uninhibitedly",
          "word": "kergetőzik"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "behave playfully and uninhibitedly",
          "word": "rajcsúrozik"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "behave playfully and uninhibitedly",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "bolondozik"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "behave playfully and uninhibitedly",
          "word": "mókázik"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "behave playfully and uninhibitedly",
          "word": "scherzare"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "alt": "うかれさわぐ",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "ukare sawagu",
          "sense": "behave playfully and uninhibitedly",
          "word": "浮かれ騒ぐ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "behave playfully and uninhibitedly",
          "word": "pepe"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "behave playfully and uninhibitedly",
          "word": "tākarokaro"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "note": "in water",
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          "word": "pūhoru"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "behave playfully and uninhibitedly",
          "word": "tuapa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "behave playfully and uninhibitedly",
          "word": "baraszkować"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "behave playfully and uninhibitedly",
          "word": "dokazywać"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "behave playfully and uninhibitedly",
          "word": "figlować"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "behave playfully and uninhibitedly",
          "word": "swawolić"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "behave playfully and uninhibitedly",
          "word": "retouçar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "rezvítʹsja",
          "sense": "behave playfully and uninhibitedly",
          "word": "резви́ться"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "prokázničatʹ",
          "sense": "behave playfully and uninhibitedly",
          "word": "прока́зничать"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "behave playfully and uninhibitedly",
          "word": "hrať sa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "behave playfully and uninhibitedly",
          "word": "juguetear"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "behave playfully and uninhibitedly",
          "word": "retozar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "behave playfully and uninhibitedly",
          "tags": [
            "Latin-America"
          ],
          "word": "saltimbanquear"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "behave playfully and uninhibitedly",
          "word": "leka"
        }
      ]
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      "glosses": [
        "To cause to be merry."
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          "merry",
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        "(transitive, archaic) To cause to be merry."
      ],
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        "transitive"
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈfɹɒlɪk/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
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      "ipa": "/ˈfɹɑlɪk/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
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      "word": "frolick"
    }
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}

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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "frolic of his own"
    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "milling frolic"
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "turtle frolic"
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        "3": "*prew-",
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        "id2": "like"
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      "name": "root"
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      "name": "der"
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    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "fröhlich",
        "3": "",
        "4": "blitheful, gaily, happy, merry"
      },
      "expansion": "German fröhlich (“blitheful, gaily, happy, merry”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*frawaz"
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      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *frawaz",
      "name": "der"
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      "args": {
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        "3": "",
        "4": "hasty"
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      "expansion": "Middle English frow (“hasty”)",
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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "frolics",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {},
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "cavort"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "frolicsome"
    }
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1876, Louisa May Alcott, “The King of Clubs and the Queen of Hearts”, in Hallberger's Illustrated Magazine: 1876:",
          "text": "the annual jubilee […] filled the souls of old and young with visions of splendour, frolic and fun.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2012 (original 1860), Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Marble Faun - Page 276",
          "text": "By the old-fashioned magnificence of this procession, it might worthily have included his Holiness in person, with a suite of attendant Cardinals, if those sacred dignitaries would kindly have lent their aid to heighten the frolic of the Carnival."
        }
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        ]
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        {
          "_dis1": "98 1 0",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "veselie",
          "sense": "gaiety; merriment",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 1 0",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "veselba",
          "sense": "gaiety; merriment",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "веселба"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 1 0",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "gaiety; merriment",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "troula"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 1 0",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "gaiety; merriment",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "burla"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 1 0",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "gaiety; merriment",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "beffa"
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      "sense": "behave playfully and uninhibitedly",
      "word": "嬉戲"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "xīxì",
      "sense": "behave playfully and uninhibitedly",
      "word": "嬉戏"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "behave playfully and uninhibitedly",
      "word": "plezier maken"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "behave playfully and uninhibitedly",
      "word": "dollen"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "behave playfully and uninhibitedly",
      "word": "pret maken"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "behave playfully and uninhibitedly",
      "word": "keten"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "behave playfully and uninhibitedly",
      "word": "rollebollen"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "behave playfully and uninhibitedly",
      "word": "dartelen"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "behave playfully and uninhibitedly",
      "word": "gaji"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "behave playfully and uninhibitedly",
      "word": "vallatlema"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "behave playfully and uninhibitedly",
      "word": "temmeltää"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "behave playfully and uninhibitedly",
      "word": "kisailla"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "behave playfully and uninhibitedly",
      "word": "ilotella"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "behave playfully and uninhibitedly",
      "word": "karkeloida"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "behave playfully and uninhibitedly",
      "word": "folâtrer"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "behave playfully and uninhibitedly",
      "word": "gambader"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "behave playfully and uninhibitedly",
      "word": "troulear"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "mxiarulobs",
      "sense": "behave playfully and uninhibitedly",
      "word": "მხიარულობს"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "navardobs",
      "sense": "behave playfully and uninhibitedly",
      "word": "ნავარდობს"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "celkobs",
      "sense": "behave playfully and uninhibitedly",
      "word": "ცელქობს"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "ancobs",
      "sense": "behave playfully and uninhibitedly",
      "word": "ანცობს"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "cigligebs",
      "sense": "behave playfully and uninhibitedly",
      "word": "ციგლიგებს"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "behave playfully and uninhibitedly",
      "word": "scherzen"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "skirtáō",
      "sense": "behave playfully and uninhibitedly",
      "word": "σκιρτάω"
    },
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      "code": "hu",
      "english": "by moving",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "behave playfully and uninhibitedly",
      "word": "ugrándozik"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "behave playfully and uninhibitedly",
      "word": "szökdécsel"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "behave playfully and uninhibitedly",
      "word": "ficánkol"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "behave playfully and uninhibitedly",
      "word": "viháncol"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "behave playfully and uninhibitedly",
      "word": "ugrabugrál"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "behave playfully and uninhibitedly",
      "word": "szökell"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "behave playfully and uninhibitedly",
      "word": "fickándozik"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "behave playfully and uninhibitedly",
      "word": "hancúrozik"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "behave playfully and uninhibitedly",
      "word": "kergetőzik"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "behave playfully and uninhibitedly",
      "word": "rajcsúrozik"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "behave playfully and uninhibitedly",
      "tags": [
        "broadly"
      ],
      "word": "bolondozik"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "behave playfully and uninhibitedly",
      "word": "mókázik"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "behave playfully and uninhibitedly",
      "word": "scherzare"
    },
    {
      "alt": "うかれさわぐ",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "ukare sawagu",
      "sense": "behave playfully and uninhibitedly",
      "word": "浮かれ騒ぐ"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "behave playfully and uninhibitedly",
      "word": "pepe"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "behave playfully and uninhibitedly",
      "word": "tākarokaro"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "note": "in water",
      "sense": "behave playfully and uninhibitedly",
      "word": "pūhoru"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "behave playfully and uninhibitedly",
      "word": "tuapa"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "behave playfully and uninhibitedly",
      "word": "tākarokaro"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "behave playfully and uninhibitedly",
      "word": "baraszkować"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "behave playfully and uninhibitedly",
      "word": "dokazywać"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "behave playfully and uninhibitedly",
      "word": "figlować"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "behave playfully and uninhibitedly",
      "word": "swawolić"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "behave playfully and uninhibitedly",
      "word": "retouçar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "rezvítʹsja",
      "sense": "behave playfully and uninhibitedly",
      "word": "резви́ться"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "prokázničatʹ",
      "sense": "behave playfully and uninhibitedly",
      "word": "прока́зничать"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "behave playfully and uninhibitedly",
      "word": "hrať sa"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "behave playfully and uninhibitedly",
      "word": "juguetear"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "behave playfully and uninhibitedly",
      "word": "retozar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "behave playfully and uninhibitedly",
      "tags": [
        "Latin-America"
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      "word": "saltimbanquear"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "behave playfully and uninhibitedly",
      "word": "leka"
    }
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}

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      "word": "frolic of his own"
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      "word": "milling frolic"
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      "word": "turtle frolic"
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          "text": "the annual jubilee […] filled the souls of old and young with visions of splendour, frolic and fun.",
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          "text": "By the old-fashioned magnificence of this procession, it might worthily have included his Holiness in person, with a suite of attendant Cardinals, if those sacred dignitaries would kindly have lent their aid to heighten the frolic of the Carnival."
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          "text": "He came clattering up to the school door with an invitation to Ichabod to attend a merry-making or “quilting frolic,” to be held that evening at Mynheer Van Tassel’s",
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      "word": "frolick"
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "veselie",
      "sense": "gaiety; merriment",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "веселие"
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      "roman": "veselba",
      "sense": "gaiety; merriment",
      "tags": [
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      "sense": "gaiety; merriment",
      "tags": [
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      "sense": "gaiety; merriment",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "burla"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "gaiety; merriment",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "beffa"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "gaiety; merriment",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "allegria"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "gaiety; merriment",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "gaiezza"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "gaiety; merriment",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "festejo"
    },
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vesélʹje",
      "sense": "gaiety; merriment",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "весе́лье"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "gaiety; merriment",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "jugueteo"
    },
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "ludorija",
      "sense": "playful antic",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "лудория"
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    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "playful antic",
      "word": "vallatlemine"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "playful antic",
      "word": "temmellys"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "playful antic",
      "word": "kisailu"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "playful antic",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "troula"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "playful antic",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Scherz"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "playful antic",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "buffonata"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "playful antic",
      "word": "tuapa"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "playful antic",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "gracejo"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "playful antic",
      "word": "jugueteo"
    }
  ],
  "word": "frolic"
}

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