Rollicking

adj, noun, verb

adj, noun, verb ·3 syllables ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A scolding, a bollocking. UK

    "Thanks for explaining the situation. I'm going to give him the rollicking of his life."

Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of rollick form-of, gerund, participle, present
Adjective
  1. 1
    carefree, merry and boisterous

    "Tin Maung gave an order and in due course the head-waiter arrived, a rollicking Shan with shining bald head and Manchu moustaches, carrying a dish heaped with scrawny chickens' limbs, jaundiced with curry, a bowl of rice and a couple of aluminium plates."

Adjective
  1. 1
    given to merry frolicking wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
frolicsomerollicksomeanimatedanticblusteringblusterous

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"I'm telling you, the boss'll eat you whole if you go in there now. He's just sacked Tom after giving him a rollicking."

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