rollicked; rollicking; rollicks
: to move or behave in a carefree joyous manner : frolic
rollick
noun
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an educator who realized that children need to rollick as well as to study and learn
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One Battle After Another deals with all of those threads while also being a rollicking action movie with a sweet, gooey core.
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David Sims, The Atlantic, 9 Dec. 2025
This is a world populated by outsize personalities and packed with rollicking performances from Hawke, Keith David, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Kyle MacLachlan, and many more.
—Judy Berman, Time, 2 Dec. 2025
While Harrison Ford gets first billing, women rule this absolutely rollicking flick (with nods to its screwball forebears) that is at once a riot, a smart exploration of the era’s frivolity, and an interrogation of class, power structures, ambition, and loyalty.
—John Ortved, Vogue, 28 Nov. 2025
So begins a rollicking tale of superstition, a family curse and second chances with a delicious fantastical element.
—Lizz Schumer, PEOPLE, 13 Nov. 2025
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David Sims, The Atlantic, 9 Dec. 2025
This is a world populated by outsize personalities and packed with rollicking performances from Hawke, Keith David, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Kyle MacLachlan, and many more.
—Judy Berman, Time, 2 Dec. 2025
While Harrison Ford gets first billing, women rule this absolutely rollicking flick (with nods to its screwball forebears) that is at once a riot, a smart exploration of the era’s frivolity, and an interrogation of class, power structures, ambition, and loyalty.
—John Ortved, Vogue, 28 Nov. 2025
So begins a rollicking tale of superstition, a family curse and second chances with a delicious fantastical element.
—Lizz Schumer, PEOPLE, 13 Nov. 2025
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“Rollick.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rollick. Accessed 16 Dec. 2025.
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