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rollicking
[rol-i-king]
adjective
carefree and joyous.
They had a rollicking good time.
Synonyms: , , , ,swaggering; boisterous.
rollicking
1/ ˈɒɪɪŋ /
adjective
boisterously carefree and swaggering
rollicking
2/ ˈɒɪɪŋ /
noun
informala very severe telling-off; dressing-down
Other 51Թ Forms
- rollickingly adverb
- rollickingness noun
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of rollicking1
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of rollicking1
Example Sentences
And instead of a rollicking late-game comeback, the Dodgers instead suffered a second consecutive deflating defeat.
He even got away with doing a rollicking version of Warren Zevon’s “Lawyers, Guns and Money,” which he called his favorite song of all time — and which hardly anybody on the field seemed to know.
But the show’s zany side has more in common with one of Shakespeare’s early rollicking comedies — “The Taming of the Shrew” en route to becoming “Kiss Me, Kate,” perhaps.
The Eagles’ locker room was like a rollicking nightclub, with players, coaches and even some wives smoking cigars and dancing to the thumping music.
Still, USC rode an army of reserves and a six-touchdown showing from backup quarterback Miller Moss to a rollicking win that gave the Trojans a wave of momentum heading into the offseason.
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