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▪ I. ˈrollicking, ppl. a.
[f. rollick v. + -ing2.]
Extremely jovial or gay; boisterously sportive: a. Of persons.
1811in E. Mathews Mem. C. Mathews (1838) II. viii. 148 Some of the ‘rollicking fellows’ (as they call themselves) who perform in that Court. 1832Lytton E. Aram ii. v, Pray tell me all about him,—a wild, gay, rollicking fellow still, eh? 1858Doran Court Fools 117 The outlay of this rollicking Court even frightened the Commons. 1881Besant & Rice Chapl. of Fleet i. v, He was a rollicking, jovial, boon companion.
Comb.1863Dicey Federal St. I. 36 Suspicious glances directed towards a rollicking-looking clerk.
b. Of disposition, conduct, actions, etc.
1826Hone Every-day Bk. II. 467 The ‘tipsy toss’ of that actor's head, his rollocking look. 1842Barham Ingol. Leg. Ser. ii. Dead Drummer, The pigeon-toed step, and the rollicking motion. 1874Burnand My Time vi. 50 He used to sing to us some rollicking songs with strangely worded choruses.
transf. and fig.1857B. Taylor North. Trav. xxv. 254 There was no lush, rollicking out-burst of foliage,..no easy unfolding of leaf on leaf. 1871L. Stephen Playgr. Eur. (1894) viii. 186 It was a glacier of a rollicking spirit, given to plunge in broad curves over hidden ridges of rock.
Hence ˈrollickingly adv.; ˈrollickingness.
1842Fraser's Mag. XXVI. 447 No man could sing a song more rollickingly. 1865Sat. Rev. 25 Nov. 667 The jocose and rollicking chief is no more. His two successors hate jocosity and rollickingness.
▪ II. rollicking, vbl. n.
[f. rollick v.]
1. The action of the vb.
1830–2Carleton Traits (1843) I. 113 There's no stop to their noise and rollokin. 1865Sat. Rev. 25 Nov. 667/2 Lord Amberley..would never have to leave an administration headed by a Whig, for any amount of rollicking.
2. Also rollocking. A severe reprimand. colloq.
1938F. D. Sharpe Sharpe of Flying Squad 332 A rollicking, a telling off. (‘He gave the copper a real rollicking.’) 1958M. K. Joseph I'll soldier no More ii. 54 Someone's dropped a clanger. Someone's going to get a rollocking. 1970G. F. Newman Sir, You Bastard vi. 174 You were on the cards for one hell of a rollicking. 1973Observer 18 Nov. 37/5 The unknown Fourth Division manager who gave his forward line a fearful rollicking. |