Frolic

Adjective

 * 1)  Merry, joyous; later especially, frolicsome, sportive, full of playful mischief.
 * 2) * 1897, Henry James, What Maisie Knew:
 * Beale, under this frolic menace, took nothing back at all; he was indeed apparently on the point of repeating his extravagence, but Miss Overmore instructed her little charge that she was not to listen to his bad jokes [...].
 * 1)  Free; liberal; bountiful; generous.

Noun

 * 1) Gaiety; merriment.
 * 2) * 1832-1888, Louisa May Alcott
 * ...filled the souls of old and young with visions of splendor, frolic and fun.
 * 1) A playful antic.

Verb

 * 1)  To romp; to behave playfully and uninhibitedly.
 * 2)  To cause to be merry.

Adjectives for Frolic
carnal; lively; midnight.

Adverbs for Frolic
boyishly; gleefully; jocundly; winsomely; exuberantly;   sportively;    blithesomely; drunkenly.

Thesaurus
antic, beam, caper, caracole, carol, carouse, carry on, cavort, celebration, chirp, chirrup, clap hands, curvet, cut a dido, cut capers, cut up, dance, delight, dido, disport, escapade, exult, festivity, flounce, fool around, frisk, fun and games, gaiety, gambado, gambol, glory, glow, have fun, hell, high jinks, horse around, horseplay, jollification, jollity, joy, jubilate, lark, laugh, lilt, make whoopee, merriment, merrymaking, mirth, monkeyshine, monkeyshines, party, partying, play, practical joke, prank, radiate cheer, rejoice, revel, revelry, riot, roister, rollick, romp, shenanigan, shenanigans, shines, sing, skip, skip for joy, skylark, skylarking, smile, sparkle, sport, spree, tomfoolery, trick, trip, waggish trick, wassail, whistle

Etymology
From vrolijk:. Compare German fröhlich:.

Noun

 * Russian:


 * Estonian: vallatlemine
 * Finnish: temmellys, kisailu


 * German:


 * : お祭り騒ぎ（おまつりさわぎ, omatsuri sawagi）

Verb

 * Chinese: 嫐 (nǎo)
 * Dutch: plezier maken,, pret maken,
 * Estonian: vallatlema
 * Finnish:, , , karkeloida
 * French: fôlatrer
 * German:
 * Italian:


 * Japanese: 浮かれ騒ぐ（うかれさわぐ, ukare sawagu）
 * Polish: baraszkować, dokazywać, figlować, swawolić
 * Russian: резвиться (rezvít’s’a), проказничать (prokázničat’)
 * Spanish: ,

Related terms

 * frolicsome