rollicking (redirected from rollickings)

rol·lick·ing  (rl-kng)

adj.

Carefree and high-spirited; boisterous: a rollicking celebration.

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rollick·ing·ly adv.

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rollicking¹

adj

boisterously carefree and swaggering

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rollicking²

n

Brit informal a very severe telling-off; dressing-down

[from rollick (vb) (in former sense: to be angry, make a fuss); perhaps influenced by bollocking]

Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

rollicking - given to merry frolicking; "frolicsome students celebrated their graduation with parties and practical jokes" coltish, frolicky, frolicsome, sportive playful - full of fun and high spirits; "playful children just let loose from school"

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rollicking¹

adjective boisterous, spirited, lively, romping, merry, hearty, playful, exuberant, joyous, carefree, jaunty, cavorting, sprightly, jovial, swashbuckling, frisky, rip-roaring (informal), devil-may-care, full of beans (informal), frolicsome, sportive outrageous, and a rollicking good read
serious, sad, unhappy, dull, gloomy, melancholy, sedate, lifeless, despondent, morose, cheerless

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rollicking²

noun (Brit. informal) scolding, lecture, reprimand, telling-off, roasting (informal), wigging (Brit. slang), ticking off (informal), dressing-down (informal), tongue-lashing (informal) Whoever was responsible got a rollicking.

Translations

rollicking [ˈrɒlɪkɪŋ]

A. ADJ → alegre, divertido
we had a rollicking time → nos divertimos una barbaridad
it was a rollicking party → fue una fiesta animadísima
it's a rollicking farce → es una farsa de lo más divertido

B. N to give sb a rollicking (Brit) → poner a algn como un trapo

rollicking [ˈrɒlɪkɪŋ]

adj

[party] → bruyant(e) et joyeux/euse

[play, comedy, book, film] → délirant(e)

adv
to have a rollicking good time → s'amuser follement

n (British) (= telling off) → engueulade f >
to give sb a rollicking → engueuler qn >

rollicking

adj person → ausgelassen; occasion, life → wild; rollicking (good) fun → Mordsspaß m (inf); a rollicking success → ein Mordserfolg m (inf); to have a rollicking time → richtig auf die Pauke hauen (inf)

n (Brit inf: = telling-off) to get a rollicking → runtergeputzt werden (inf); to give somebody a rollicking → jdn runterputzen (inf)

rollicking [ˈrɒlɪkɪŋ] adj (person) → incredibilmente esuberante; (party) → allegro/a e chiassoso/a
to have a rollicking time → divertirsi pazzamente