Rollicking

Supporters feelings and reaction became increasingly critical, the general feeling being that Di Matteo must surely express his displeasure with a very strong team talk (in other words a rollicking) stressing the first 45 minutes had been a massive let down. ❋ Unknown (2009)

But first, off to the movies, and this next one has been described as a rollicking mix of farce and fancy. ❋ Unknown (2007)

If so, you have listened to the call of the Skookum Chuck, as the Chinook speakers call the rollicking, tumbling streams that sing their way through the canyons with a music so dulcet, so insistent, that for many moons the echo of it lingers in your listening ears, and you will, through all the years to come, hear the voices of ❋ Unknown (1911)

Chuck, as the Chinook speakers call the rollicking, tumbling streams that sing their way through the canyons with a music so dulcet, so insistent, that for many moons the echo of it lingers in your listening ears, and you will, through all the years to come, hear the voices of those mountain-rivers calling you to return. ❋ E. Pauline Johnson (1887)

Perhaps by "Maverick" he means a kind of rollicking riverboat gambling with children's education and, thus, America's future, in much the same way that McCain and Bush would bet America's retirement on a marked deck dealt by the unregulated sharks of Wall Street. ❋ Jim Horn (2008)

Early on in Bill Bryson's supposedly "rollicking" new travelogue, "In a Sunburned Country," he notes "the low but relentless piped music" on Australian trains. ❋ Unknown (2008)

I can't think of a word to describe it better than "rollicking". ❋ Unknown (2008)

If I never again hear the word "rollicking" employed to describe a novel, it will be too soon. ❋ Shunn (2007)

If light comic relief is what you're aiming for, it sure sounds like a "rollicking" good ride. ❋ Miss Snark (2006)

It's been a while since I've been to a "rollicking" Sing-A-Long party. ❋ Unclebob (2004)

Cuthbert, that either I or your father have ever set you the example of "rollicking," as you call it, at this table. ❋ F. Anstey (1895)

It is true that in the long run his popularity has depended, and will probably always depend, on the early "rollicking" adventure books: not only because of their natural appeal, but because there is plenty of the other thing elsewhere, and hardly any of this particular thing anywhere. ❋ George Saintsbury (1889)

Watched by a small but expectant crowd of 19,479, the Australians were given exactly the kind of rollicking start they required by Watson, whose rate of progress was exceptional even by Twenty20 standards as he crashed eight boundaries in a 34-ball 51. ❋ Unknown (2011)

He has always exuded poignance as much as the kind of rollicking charisma which meant that, an hour earlier, the confused doormen's urge to bar him entry for not wearing the requisite club uniform had been drowned out by echoing cries from the new world championship sponsors, betfred. com. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Players 'rollicking' each other after Hull game led to form reversal, says Shay Given ❋ Unknown (2009)

But the intense excitement produced by the change to warmth and sunshine seemed to border on a kind of rollicking madness; and bubbling over with fun Skene turned quite mutinous, barking as if derisively in response to every call, and evading Steve as he chased him, the boy running along the deck and making dashes at the dog, who avoided him by his superior activity, till, getting at last quite close, Steve made a snatch at his quarry's hind leg and grasped it firmly. ❋ George Manville Fenn (1870)

Bank Of Stokes Croft, SatJohn MitchellEven if rubbered-up fetish fun isn't your cup of tea, you can't deny that its fans know how to put on a rollicking party. ❋ Unknown (2011)

[cummin] [back] from "The [Coach]" we were rollicked!! ❋ Helen & Laura (2004)

“Aw lad she’s [peng] her. [She’d] get absolutely [rollick wrangled]” “Oh my god. So many tables. Getting absolutely rollick wrangled here boys” ❋ JDelooze (2020)