A person, esp. a child, of playful or mischievous conduct. Frequently used as a term of endearment. Now rare.

One who or that which frisks. Also slang (see frisk, v. 4a), a pilferer.

a merry (or †mad) grig (rarely without adjective): an extravagantly lively person, one who is full of frolic and jest. Also in phrase as merry (or li…

A gay frisky person.

(With all.) A jovial fellow; a reveller.

In neutral or favourable sense: a merry, sportive, or frolicsome person. Obsolete.

A person who romps, esp. a lively, playful girl or young woman. Now archaic.

A person who romps (in various senses), esp. one who acts in a lively, energetic, or boisterous manner.

one who frolicks.

A person who skylarks or engages in playful, frolicsome, or boisterous behaviour.

One given to ‘larking’ or sporting.

A (usually juvenile) street rowdy; the Australian equivalent of the ‘hoodlum’ or ‘hooligan’. Also transferred and attributive.

= romper, n. 1.

(a) A person who loves fun or excitement. (b) A deceitful or pretentious person. Frequently attributive.