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Boisterous vs Rollicking - What's the difference?

boisterous | rollicking |

As adjectives the difference between boisterous and rollicking

is that boisterous is full of energy; exuberant; noisy while rollicking is carefree, merry and boisterous.

As a verb rollicking is

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As a noun rollicking is

(uk) a scolding, a bollocking.

boisterous

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Full of energy; exuberant; noisy.
  • Characterized by violence and agitation; wild; stormy.
  • Having or resembling animal exuberance.

    • rollicking

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • (UK) A scolding, a bollocking.
  • * 2004 . Richard Ayoade as Dean Leaner in "Once Upon a Beginning", Garth Marenghi's Darkplace episode 1
    • Thanks for explaining the situation. I'm going to give him the rollicking of his life.
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    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • carefree, merry and boisterous
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2012 , date=May 27 , author=Nathan Rabin , title=TV: Review: THE SIMPSONS (CLASSIC): “New Kid On The Block” (season 4, episode 8; originally aired 11/12/1992) , work=The Onion AV Club citation , page= , passage=The episode’s unwillingness to fully commit to the pathos of the Bart-and-Laura subplot is all the more frustrating considering its laugh quota is more than filled by a rollicking B-story that finds Homer, he of the iron stomach and insatiable appetite, filing a lawsuit against The Frying Dutchman when he’s hauled out of the eatery against his will after consuming all of the restaurant’s shrimp (plus two plastic lobsters).}}

    Synonyms

    * rollicksome