rollicks

Romps with abandon

Rollicks is the third-person singular of rollick, meaning to move or behave in a carefree, boisterous way: The dog rollicks through the fallen leaves.

The word suggests exuberant, playful energy—frolicking with perhaps more vigor or wildness.

playful

romps

Boisterous playful activity

prances · larks · skylarks · frisks · revels · antics · japes · horseplay · tomfoolery · hijinks

joyful

gleeful

Full of high-spirited joy

cheerful · jubilant · elated · delighted · blissful · rapturous · exhilarated · euphoric · ecstatic · festive

exuberant

boisterous

Noisily cheerful and energetic

high-spirited · animated · bouncy · sprightly · buoyant · zestful · peppy · chipper · perky · sparkling

carefree

blithe

Cheerfully indifferent

insouciant · nonchalant · easygoing · untroubled · unburdened · debonair · spontaneous · unfettered · buoyant · sanguine

Opposites
mood and energy

rollicksmopes

Behaves despondently

sulks · broods · grieves · mourns · languishes

activity level

rollickssits still

Remains seated without movement

plods · trudges · idles · lounges · stagnates

Family

rollicking, rollick, rollicked

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