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Topic Options #180297 - 11/14/08 10:11 AM Rollick is a verb? twosleepy addict Registered: 02/28/08 Posts: 464 Loc: western NY I have never heard this word used as a verb, only in its adjectival form, rollicking. I'd like to know where it might be in use in its verb form. Thanks! :0) Top #180298 - 11/14/08 10:20 AM Re: Rollick is a verb? [Re: twosleepy] tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Registered: 04/03/00 Posts: 8911 Loc: this too shall pass 1 : to move or behave in a carefree joyous manner : FROLIC, ROMP <she loved to rollick; persiflage was her natural expression -- W.A.White> <the puppies rollick about -- Emily Hahn> <begins like an 18th century minuet and rollicks suddenly into a jig -- Waldo Frank> 2 : to revel in something <would certainly roll and rollick in women unless there was work for him to do -- H.G.Wells> synonym see PLAY [W3] inflected forms : rollicked, rollicking Top #180300 - 11/14/08 11:24 AM Re: Rollick is a verb? [Re: tsuwm] twosleepy addict Registered: 02/28/08 Posts: 464 Loc: western NY Thanks for all that, but I didn't need it! I realize it IS a verb, I've just never heard it used that way, and want to know who does use it, or hears it used, as a verb. Do you? :0) Top #180301 - 11/14/08 12:06 PM Re: Rollick is a verb? [Re: twosleepy] Myridon addict Registered: 10/24/05 Posts: 544 Loc: Dallas, TX On another front... Is there evidence for "a blend of romp and frolic"? Take frolic, drop the f, "regularize" the spelling, voila! Or if you have to make luggage (too lazy to spell that other word) out of it , why not roll and frolic? Top #180302 - 11/14/08 12:18 PM Re: Rollick is a verb? [Re: twosleepy] tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Registered: 04/03/00 Posts: 8911 Loc: this too shall pass Originally Posted By: twosleepy Thanks for all that, but I didn't need it! I realize it IS a verb, I've just never heard it used that way, and want to know who does use it, or hears it used, as a verb. Do you? :0) well, White, Frank, Hahn and H. G. Wells used it (for four). here's something a little more topical: link Top #180303 - 11/14/08 12:23 PM Re: Rollick is a verb? [Re: Myridon] tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Registered: 04/03/00 Posts: 8911 Loc: this too shall pass Originally Posted By: Myridon On another front... Is there evidence for "a blend of romp and frolic"? Take frolic, drop the f, "regularize" the spelling, voila! Or if you have to make luggage (too lazy to spell that other word) out of it , why not roll and frolic? origin unknown, so rollick on. Top #180312 - 11/14/08 01:48 PM Re: Rollick is a verb? [Re: tsuwm] twosleepy addict Registered: 02/28/08 Posts: 464 Loc: western NY I guess I'm just being obtuse today. Sorry! What I'd like to know is what parts of the US and the world currently use this as a verb, because I don't hear it around me (western NY), or even nationally (tv, radio, internet etc.). Thanks! :0) Top #180314 - 11/14/08 02:21 PM Re: Rollick is a verb? [Re: twosleepy] etaoin Carpal Tunnel Registered: 06/24/02 Posts: 6251 Loc: Vermont I've never heard rollick. rollicking, yes. Top #180324 - 11/14/08 09:46 PM Re: Rollick is a verb? [Re: etaoin] Jackie Carpal Tunnel Registered: 03/15/00 Posts: 9812 Loc: Louisville, Kentucky Ditto. Top Previous Topic Index Next Topic Preview Hop to: General Topics ------   Information and announcements   Q&A about words   Wordplay and fun   Words and languages in schools   Miscellany   Weekly Themes   Looking for (writers, speakers, ...) (Old) Weekly themes. (have been consolidated into a single forum above) ------   Words from medicine   Beheading words   Meta-words   Words from classical mythology   Animal Safari   Words with unusual etymologies   Eponyms or words derived from people's names.   Loanwords from German   English as a global language Print Topic Switch to Threaded Mode View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM View homepage Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM View homepage Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM View homepage Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM View homepage Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts Forum Stats 6784 Members 16 Forums 12336 Topics 181269 Posts Max Online: 853 @ 10/23/07 11:39 AM Who's Online 1 registered (etaoin), 8 Guests and 10 Spiders online. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Newest Members northodox, Michael Paris, hellerfan, Conora, PastorVon 6783 Registered Users Top Posters wwh 13858 Faldage 11845 Jackie 9812 tsuwm 8911 AnnaStrophic 6436 Wordwind 6296 etaoin 6251 of troy 5400 maverick 4683 WhitmanO'Neill 4186 January Su M Tu W Th F Sa 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31

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