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verb

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Recent Examples of rollick
Verb
The Whyte Python World Tour by Travis Kennedy The laughs are as big as the mullets in this rollicking story about a hugely successful hair-metal band that’s really a cover for a covert operation in Cold War-era Eastern Europe. Andrea Lavinthal, People.com, 18 June 2025 The concert kicked off with a rollicking cover of Carl Perkins’ rockabilly classic Honey Don’t (which the Fab Four covered on 1964’s Beatles for Sale). David Chiu, Forbes.com, 14 June 2025 Mikaela Straus, offered an impassioned rendition of the song, which included a rollicking guitar solo and borderline NSFW cherry artwork. Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 4 June 2025 But come 2010, the decision was made to shelve Medicine in favor of riding the rollicking momentum Potter had built alongside the Nocturnals. Jim Ryan, Forbes.com, 30 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for rollick
Recent Examples of Synonyms for rollick
Noun
  • In 2014, Rodger killed six people in a stabbing and shooting spree in Isla Vista, California, before turning the gun on himself.
    Stephanie Nolasco, FOXNews.com, 12 July 2025
  • Retail investors remain on a buying spree, while big Wall Street players such as hedge funds have been sitting it out throughout this year’s market turmoil, according to JPMorgan data.
    Yun Li, CNBC, 11 July 2025
Verb
  • Rookie Christian Moore has only played in 18 games, but has shown some flashes of brilliance, including a game-tying and then a game-winning home run against the Red Sox late last month.
    Dan Freedman, Forbes.com, 14 July 2025
  • Willits played baseball at Fort Cobb-Broxton High School in Oklahoma.
    Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 14 July 2025
Verb
  • Strasburg won a franchise-record 14 straight decisions and is the first NL starter to begin a season 11-0 since San Diego’s Andy Hawkins in 1985. 2016 — Wilmer Flores went 6 for 6 with two of New York’s five home runs, and the Mets romped to a 14-3 win and a four-game sweep of the Chicago Cubs.
    Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 3 July 2025
  • For most pet parents, design choices meant to accommodate their furry (or feathered, or scaled) friends are relatively simple ones: choosing performance materials that can withstand chewing, clawing and general-purpose romping, and color palettes that camouflage fur.
    The Washington Post, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 June 2025
Noun
  • His shakshuka takes the tomato-and-pepper mold and spins it into a gambol through fields of celery and coriander seeds, ground chipotles and sweet paprika.
    Scott Hocker, theweek, 26 Nov. 2024
  • In the winning first moments of the show, Mills gambols on as the Narrator, wielding a paint palette and, instead of a brush, a tuft of rainbow-colored gauze.
    Celia Wren, Washington Post, 12 Dec. 2023
Verb
  • After exchanging glances, the deer starts chasing Kodak, and the two can be seen frolicking in the grass.
    Saman Shafiq, USA Today, 13 July 2025
  • According to the radio, there is much frolicking in the big city.
    ABC News, ABC News, 6 July 2025
Verb
  • Alcaraz hit a deep defensive shot and recovered quickly, dancing across the court with fleet little steps, and ran around his backhand to hit a forehand down the line.
    Louisa Thomas, New Yorker, 14 July 2025
  • The soccer is the show, and fans provide music with their vocal cords and dancing with their hips.
    Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 14 July 2025
Noun
  • Whilst the revels did flourish, Freeman labored upon his own grand design — the fair Castle Gwynn, a stone bastion of olden style, rising proudly across from the fields of festivity in Arrington.
    Kirsten Fiscus, Nashville Tennessean, 22 May 2025
  • So the couple also decided to give Huckleberry an important role in their gender revel.
    Maria Azzurra Volpe, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 June 2025
Verb
  • If the actual burn pattern is in patches, hopping between tree stands while leaving other clusters untouched, that would better facilitate wildlife's return.
    Joan Meiners, AZCentral.com, 19 July 2025
  • Great for exploring city streets or hopping between museums, this one brings polish to any travel itinerary.
    Rosie Marder, Travel + Leisure, 19 July 2025

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“Rollick.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rollick. Accessed 25 Jul. 2025.

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