Frolic, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Frolicked; p. pr. & vb. n. Frolicking.]
To play wild pranks; to play tricks of levity, mirth, and gayety; to indulge in frolicsome play; to sport. Hither, come hither, and frolic and play. Tennyson.
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Frolic, a.
Full of levity; dancing, playing, or frisking about; full of pranks; frolicsome; gay; merry. The frolic wind that breathes the spring. Milton. The gay, the frolic, and the loud. Waller.
Frolic, n.
1. A wild prank; a flight of levity, or of gayety and mirth. He would be at his frolic once again. Roscommon.
2. A scene of gayety and mirth, as in lively play, or in dancing; a merrymaking.
Shades of meaning
Fernald has no entry of its own for frolic; he lists it under entertainment.
Where he writes about it:
Cheer may be very quiet, as the cheer of a bright fire to an aged traveler; merriment is with liveliness and laughter; fun and frolic are apt to be boisterous. — from entertainment