frolic

n.

1. Gaiety; merriment: fun and frolic.
2. A gay, carefree time.
3. A playful antic.

intr.v., -icked, -ick·ing, -ics.

1. To behave playfully and uninhibitedly; romp.
2. To engage in merrymaking, joking, or teasing.

adj. Archaic
Merry.

[From Dutch vrolijk, merry, from Middle Dutch vrolijc : vro, happy + -lijc, -like.]

frolicker frol'ick·er n.

noun

A mischievous act: antic, caper, joke, lark, prank¹, trick. Informal shenanigan. Slang monkeyshine (often used in plural). See good/bad, work/play.

verb

1. To leap and skip about playfully: caper, cavort, dance, frisk, gambol, rollick, romp. See work/play.
2. To behave riotously: carouse, revel, riot, roister. Informal hell (around). Idioms: blow off steam, cut loose, kick over the traces, kick up one's heels, let go, let loose, make merry, make whoopee, paint the town red, raiseCainthe devilhell, whoop it up. See restraint/unrestraint.

This entry contains information applicable to United States law only.

Activities performed by an employee during working hours that are not considered to be in the course of his or her employment, since they are for the employee's personal purposes only.

The doctrine of respondeat superior makes a principal liable for the torts of his or her agent occurring during the course of employment. This is based on the concept that a principal has control over his or her agent's behavior. If an agent was hired to drive from point A to point B, and, through reckless driving, hit a pedestrian along the way, the principal would ordinarily be held liable. If, however, the agent was engaged in frolic, the principal would not be liable. This might occur, for example, if an employee were hired to transport goods from point A to point B and made several detours along the way for personal reasons. If the employee became involved in an accident while on a frolic, the employer would not be liable unless it could be established that he or she was negligent in the hiring or supervision of the employee.

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Dansk (Danish)
v. intr. - more sig, tumle, slå gækken løs
n. - lystighed, morskab, tumlen
adj. - lystigt

Nederlands (Dutch)
vrolijk, plezier maken, dartelen, plezier, feestje, kattenkwaad

Français (French)
v. intr. - s'ébattre, gambader, (fig) faire la fête
n. - ébats, (Théât, Cin) comédie, farce
adj. - joyeux, ludique

Deutsch (German)
n. - Scherz, fröhliche Party, Ausgelassenheit
v. - sich tummeln, umhertoben
adj. - fröhlich, lustig, vergnügt

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - ευθυμία, τρέλες, παιχνιδίσματα, παιχνιδιάρικο χοροπήδημα
v. - παιχνιδίζω, παιδιαρίζω, κάνω τρέλες, χοροπηδώ παιχνιδιάρικα

Italiano (Italian)
ruzzare

Português (Portuguese)
n. - brincadeira (f) (divertimento)
v. - brincar

Русский (Russian)
проказничать, веселая игра, веселье, шалость

Español (Spanish)
v. intr. - retozar, juguetear
n. - juego, retozo, travesura
adj. - juguetón, retozón, travieso

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - lekfullhet, glad tillställning
v. - leka, ha skoj

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
嬉戏, 作乐, 欢闹, 嬉戏的, 欢乐的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. intr. - 嬉戲, 作樂, 歡鬧
n. - 嬉戲
adj. - 嬉戲的, 歡樂的

한국어 (Korean)
v. intr. - 명랑하다, 활기차다
n. - 명랑, 쾌활
adj. - 유쾌한, 명랑한

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - はね回る, 浮かれ騒ぐ
n. - はしゃぎ回ること, 浮かれ騒ぎ

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) مرح , حفله سمر (فعل) يمرح‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. intr. - ‮קיפץ, כירכר, שיחק, השתובב‬
n. - ‮השתובבות, עליזות, מעשה קונדס, מסיבה עליזה, התפרצות שמחה‬
adj. - ‮מלא תעלולים (מיושן), עליז‬

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