Rollicking vs Highspirited - What's the difference?
rollicking | highspirited | Related terms |
(UK) A scolding, a bollocking.
* 2004 . Richard Ayoade as Dean Leaner in "Once Upon a Beginning", Garth Marenghi's Darkplace episode 1
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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
Rollicking is a related term of highspirited.
rollicking
English
Verb
(head)Noun
(en noun)- Thanks for explaining the situation. I'm going to give him the rollicking of his life.
Adjective
(en adjective)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).}}