frolic
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3.8
- noun
- /ˈfrɒlɪk/
:
juego (actividad lúdica)
- The children had a joyful frolic in the park on a sunny day.
- fun and frolic
- frolic by night
- little frolic
Examples
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A fortnight of fishing and frolic, eh?
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A few yards below the bluff, Anya sees a beautiful little pond where a family frolics in the clear water, laughing, splashing, swimming happily.
Fiction book (1997) -
All they wanna do is frolic and dance around.
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Their little frolic after meals.
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I figured on finding all you boys getting up a weekend frolic.
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"Having a little boy is different," said his wife, drying her hair after their frolic in the ocean.
Fiction book (1999) -
A frolic in a hayloft one afternoon.
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As the transport buses pass overhead, African green monkeys, hundreds of them, frolic and chatter in the trees.
Fiction book (1993) -
A fun-filled musical frolic, through the leper colonies of Europe during the Thirty Years' War.
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Schools of porpoises leap and frolic like animatronic porpoises.
Fiction book (2000)
Synonyms
220
1.0
Activity done for fun, often by children
12
5.7
A fun, carefree activity done as a joke
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5.3
A playful act done to have fun
8
4.6
Lively, carefree play that often involves running and laughing
7
2.5
Fun you get from playful actions like jokes or pranks
2
8.0
A playful activity done for fun
Antonyms
How Playful
Surface Forms
Etymology
Frolic comes from old Germanic words that mean 'merry' or 'glad', like the German word froh, which is like the English word 'happy'. That's why a frolic is a lively, happy activity or playful fun.