frolic

1. 1.

   play boisterously

   “The children frolicked in the garden”

   “the gamboling lambs in the meadows”

   “The toddlers romped in the playroom”

   Synonymslarkrollickskylarkdisportsportcavortgambolfriskromprun aroundlark about

   Broaderplay

Other forms of frolic

plural

frolics·

past tense or participle

frolicked

present participle

frolicking

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about frolic

What does frolic mean?

frolic means "gay or light-hearted recreational activity for diversion or amusement". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in frolic?

frolic has 2 syllables: fro-lic. The stress falls on "fro". In IPA it is /ˈfɹɑlɪk/.

What is another word for frolic?

Close synonyms include play, romp, gambol, caper, lark. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is frolic a common word?

frolic is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.