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rollicking

English

Alternative forms

  • rollocking

Verb

rollicking

  1. present participle of rollick

Noun

rollicking (plural rollickings)

  1. (Britain) A scolding, a bollocking.
    • 2004. Richard Ayoade as Dean Learner in "Once Upon a Beginning", Garth Marenghi's Darkplace episode 1
      Thanks for explaining the situation. I'm going to give him the rollicking of his life.

Adjective

rollicking (comparative more rollicking, superlative most rollicking)

  1. carefree, merry and boisterous

Synonyms

  • rollicksome

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vociferous

English

Etymology

From Latin vociferari (“shout, yell”), from vox (“voice”) + ferre (“to carry”) (see infer). Surface analysis is voice +? -iferous.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /v???s?f???s/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /vo??s?f???s/

Adjective

vociferous (comparative more vociferous, superlative most vociferous)

  1. Making or characterized by a noisy outcry; clamorous.
    • 1909, Ralph Connor, The Foreigner, ch. 17:
      They crowded around him with vociferous welcome, Brown leading in a series of wild cheers.

Synonyms

  • noisy

Derived terms

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Translations

References

  • vociferous in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

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