rollicked

verb

past tense of rollick
1
as in played
to engage in activity for amusement an educator who realized that children need to rollick as well as to study and learn

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2
as in danced
to play and run about happily children rollicking during recess

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rollicked
  1. played
  2. danced
  3. frolicked
  4. hopped
  5. leaped
  6. capered
  7. cavorted
  8. romped
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  • Richard Heathcote/Getty Images The 25-year-old was often rotated and played only 2,623 minutes across Ligue 1 and the Champions League but still managed 18 goals and 10 assists.
    — Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026
  • Sabalenka held and then played one of her best games of the match, breaking at love to tie it at 4-all.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 9 Sep. 2026
Definition of played
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  • The potential shifting of styles is no problem for Velasquez, who has danced under Cunningham and Binda and their successors Seiwert and Krutzkamp in her time in Sacramento.
    — Graham Womack, Sacbee.com, 5 Sep. 2026
  • The report asserts flatly that Zucker wasn’t truthful and danced around the same accusation regarding Ballmer.
    — John Hollinger, New York Times, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of danced
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  • Kids frolicked in the new Nikki Spoelstra Play Forest, one of the segment’s highlights, while a band played and vendors hawked food by South Miami City Hall as advocates and officials spoke at the dedication.
    — Andres Viglucci, Miami Herald, 17 Aug. 2026
  • Meanwhile, Kaia Gerber and Hailey Bieber have frolicked NYC’s streets in Repetto’s slim ballet flats and pumps.
    — Irene Richardson, InStyle, 17 July 2026
Definition of frolicked
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  • Two summers ago, the internet received the gift of Raygun, an Australian breakdancer who kangaroo-hopped her way into the 2024 Paris Olympics.
    — Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 3 Sep. 2026
  • After writing up our game stories for the 49ers’ playoff win in Green Bay in January 2014, Matt Maiocco and I hopped in a rental car at midnight and drove to Chicago for a flight later that morning.
    — Matt Barrows, New York Times, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of hopped
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  • But Meta delayed removal for days as the ad leaped from four impressions to 330.
    — Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 8 Sep. 2026
  • Pete Crow-Armstrong leaped and angled his body in a way that looked like a version of the iconic Jumpman logo.
    — Patrick Mooney, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026
Definition of leaped
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  • Tiny Guna capered about barefoot, hopping on the balls of his feet.
    — Guy Trebay, Condé Nast Traveler, 26 Feb. 2016
Definition of capered
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  • The sight of Howe leading his players around the ground as Sunderland cavorted in front of their supporters, high in level seven, was excruciating.
    — George Caulkin, New York Times, 22 Mar. 2026
  • Andy Samberg cavorted on behalf of Hellmann’s mayonnaise, dressed as some sort of off-kilter Neil Diamond wanna-be.
    — Brian Steinberg, Variety, 9 Feb. 2026
Definition of cavorted
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  • This time the Eagles romped to a 40–22 win in Super Bowl LIX.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 25 Aug. 2026
  • Tuesday’s elections for the Florida Legislature saw a progressive from Kissimmee win a seat in the state House while incumbents romped in party primaries across Central Florida.
    — Silas Morgan, The Orlando Sentinel, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of romped
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“Rollicked.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rollicked. Accessed 9 Sep. 2026.

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