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frolicked

VERB

have fun, make merry

Synonyms

STRONGEST

cavort gambol

STRONG

caper carouse frisk lark play prance revel riot rollick romp sport spree

WEAK

cut capers cut loose fool around go on a tear kick up one's heels let go let loose raise hell whoop it up

Example Sentences

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"It's getting beyond a joke for a small country town," Peter Hainsworth, 81, told AFP as tourists frolicked on the rolling hills nearby.

From Barron's • Apr. 30, 2026

In Chicago, people who would normally be in winter gear to fight off the city’s famously bitter winter winds instead frolicked around Lake Michigan’s shores in light jackets or even shorts and T-shirts.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 25, 2024

At the Winnick Family Children’s Zoo in Los Angeles, Maury Laham, 71, stood at the railing of the sea lion exhibit as two sleek animals frolicked in the rushing water below.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 7, 2023

These huge, nearly grown cats frolicked, racing beside our ATV as we drove the fence line and sparring on their hind legs—behavior I’d seen only in wild tigers.

From National Geographic • Nov. 2, 2023

So he sat in his father’s study as the sea breeze frolicked somewhere else, and as Lizzie Bright was probably flying with the Tripps, and read propositions.

From "Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy" by Gary D. Schmidt