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frolics 1 of 2

noun

plural of frolic

as in pranks

a playful or mischievous act intended as a joke we indulgently listened to the senior citizens share memories of long-ago frolics

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as in sprees

a time or instance of carefree fun took the long weekend as a three-day frolic and spent it at the beach

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frolics

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verb

present tense third-person singular of frolic

as in dances

to play and run about happily scores of swimmers were frolicking in the ocean surf along the beach

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as in plays

to engage in activity for amusement he would rather frolic than do yard work any day of the week

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Recent Examples of frolics

Noun

And Ben Ahlers, who plays the adult Happy, comes with that actor’s famously warm smile and chirpy demeanor, slowly worn down here before your eyes, as the permissible frolics of youth turn into the stasis of one going nowhere. —

Chris Jones, New York Daily News, 10 Apr. 2026 But images of those youthful frolics amid chirping children quickly slips behind me, muted by my puffing, labored breaths and the blanket of snow. —

Thomas Cangelosi, Hartford Courant, 4 Jan. 2026 The group watches as a sock puppet opens up a lemonade stand for business and frolics around a lemon farm before Tomlinson dives into a swimming pool. —

Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 13 Oct. 2025 With an almost modern-day Charlie Chaplin-esque physicality, Moss dances, contorts, and frolics amongst the shoes, their boxes, and fixtures in the store for a mesmerizing, can't-look-away effect. —

Roxanne Robinson, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025 Most of the work that’s been done on drones and wind focuses on the calm, happy sort of wind that makes golden fields of wheat gracefully sway back and forth as a puppy frolics through them. —

Evan Ackerman, IEEE Spectrum, 7 June 2016

Recent Examples of Synonyms for frolics

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In the hours leading up to her murder, Moxley was hanging out with friends on Mischief Night, known as the evening before Halloween when teenagers partake in pranks throughout their neighborhood.

— Julia Bonavita, FOXNews.com, 23 Nov. 2025
Across 22 minutes, Kimmel told hilarious tales of youthful pranks, parties, bad advice, and much more, the lived stuff that occurs only when two people live out of each other’s pockets.

— Lars Brandle, Billboard, 12 Nov. 2025