frolicking

English

Etymology

frolic +‎ -k- +‎ -ing.

Verb

frolicking

1. present participle of frolic

Noun

frolicking (plural frolickings)

1. The act of one who frolics.
   • Herman Melville

     He resolutely set his beard against their boyish frolickings, and often held forth like an oracle concerning the vanity thereof.