单词 | rollicking |
释义 | rollicking From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishrollickingrol‧lick‧ing1 /ˈrɒlɪkɪŋ $ ˈrɑː-/ adjective [only before noun] old-fashionedENTHUSIASTICnoisy and cheerful a rollicking songExamples from the Corpusrollicking• They played it as a duet, perfectly teamed, at the fast pace the piece demanded, rollicking and dramatic.• His Hal would be no rollicking dropout.• This is all good rollicking fun, though never quite clean.• It is a rollicking mock-heroic farce that burlesques the affectations of Restoration and post-Restoration heroic drama with all its bombast and extravagance.• The Kirk's answer to the rollicking rabbis was of course Revd James Currie.• The stained-glass knights and their ladies looked down their noses at us rollicking serfs.• Everyone was in a circle now, dancing to a rollicking tune played by the small band, and changing partners.rollickingrollicking2 noun → give somebody a rollickingOrigin rollicking (1800-1900) rollick “to have noisy fun” ((19-20 centuries)), perhaps from romp + frolic |
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