Define Frolic using "exact" search strategy.
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| Source: gcide | Frolic \Frol"ic\ (fr[o^]l"[i^]k), a. [D. vroolijk; akin to G. fr["o]lich, fr. froh, OHG. fr[=o], Dan. fro, OS. fr[=a]h, cf. Icel. fr[=a]r swift; all perh. akin to Skr. pru to spring up.] Full of levity; dancing, playing, or frisking about; full of pranks; frolicsome; gay; merry. [1913 Webster]
The frolic wind that breathes the spring. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
The gay, the frolic, and the loud. --Waller. [1913 Webster]
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| Source: gcide | Frolic \Frol"ic\, n. 1. A wild prank; a flight of levity, or of gayety and mirth. [1913 Webster]
He would be at his frolic once again. --Roscommon. [1913 Webster]
2. A scene of gayety and mirth, as in lively play, or in dancing; a merrymaking. [1913 Webster]
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| Source: gcide | Frolic \Frol"ic\, 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. [1913 Webster]
Hither, come hither, and frolic and play. --Tennyson. [1913 Webster]
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