Meaning of REVEL
| Pronunciation: | | 'revul
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- [n] unrestrained merrymaking
- [v] take delight in; "he delights in his granddaughter"
- [v] be ecstatic with joy
- [v] celebrate noisily, often indulging in drinking; engage in uproarious festivities; "The members of the wedding party made merry all night"; "Let's whoop it up--the boss is gone!"
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| | Synonyms: | | delight, enjoy, jollify, make happy, make merry, make whoopie, racket, rejoice, revelry, triumph, wallow, wassail, whoop it up |
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| | See Also: | | bacchanal, bacchanalia, be on cloud nine, bender, binge, booze-up, bout, bust, carousal, carouse, carouse, celebrate, conviviality, debauch, debauchery, drunken revelry, expend, exult, fete, fling, jollification, jump for joy, live it up, merrymaking, orgy, riot, riot, roister, saturnalia, spree, tear, toot, use, walk on air, wallow, whoopee | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Rev"el\, n. (Arch.)
See {Reveal}. [R.]
\Rev"el\, n. [OF. revel rebellion, disorder, feast, sport.
See {Revel}, v. i.]
A feast with loose and noisy jollity; riotous festivity or
merrymaking; a carousal.
This day in mirth and revel to dispend. --Chaucer.
Some men ruin . . . their bodies by incessant revels.
--Rambler.
{Master of the revels}, {Revel master}. Same as {Lord of
misrule}, under {Lord}.
\Rev"el\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Reveled}or {Revelled}; p.
pr. & vb. n. {Reveling} or {Revelling}.] [OF. reveler to
revolt, rebel, make merry, fr. L. rebellare. See {Rebel}.]
1. To feast in a riotous manner; to carouse; to act the
bacchanalian; to make merry. --Shak.
2. To move playfully; to indulge without restraint. ``Where
joy most revels.'' --Shak.
\Re*vel"\, v. t. [L. revellere; re- + vellere to pluck,
pull.]
To draw back; to retract. [Obs.] --Harvey.
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