rollicker
- noun
- /ˈrɑːlɪkər/
:
fiestero
- At the party, John was the biggest rollicker, dancing and laughing with everyone around him.
Examples
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Always the rollicker, she could lift everyone's spirits with her stories and contagious enthusiasm at gatherings.
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The children became rollickers as they played tag in the park, their laughter echoing through the air.
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That night in Carson City, you packed the C&W bar and sang a rollicker about a truck driver and a prostitute the crowd made you sing over again, and once more again with them singing along.
Fiction book (1998) -
Grass widow also implies good-time girl, a rollicker, one who has tried conventionality and didn't find it to her liking.
Fiction book (2000)
Synonyms
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4.6
A person who loudly enjoys a party or festival
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4.0
A person who makes a lot of noise and causes trouble in a group
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8.8
A person who loves going to loud wild parties
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8.9
A person who makes others laugh in a group
A person who celebrates loudly and behaves wildly
A person who behaves loudly and wildly at parties
A person who enjoys loud, lively drinking parties
A person who plays loudly and energetically
A person who makes loud, joyful noise at celebrations to excite people
Behaving in a noisy, cheeky way that ignores rules
A cheerful person who talks in a lively, happy way
A person who likes to make jokes or play small tricks to have fun
Antonyms
How Lively
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Rollicker comes from the verb rollick, which probably mixes roll 'move along' and frolic 'play', so picture someone 'rolling' with fun and laughter. That's why a rollicker is a lively, noisy person who can turn a quiet evening into a party.