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revelry

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rev·el·ry  (rvl-r)
n. pl. rev·el·ries
Boisterous merrymaking.
revel·rous (-rs) adj.
revelry [ˈrɛvəlrɪ]
n pl -ries
noisy or unrestrained merrymaking
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.revelryrevelry - unrestrained merrymaking            
revel
jollification, merrymaking, conviviality - a boisterous celebration; a merry festivity
binge, tear, bout, bust - an occasion for excessive eating or drinking; "they went on a bust that lasted three days"
booze-up, carousal, carouse, toot, bender - revelry in drinking; a merry drinking party
debauch, debauchery, drunken revelry, bacchanalia, saturnalia, bacchanal, orgy, riot - a wild gathering involving excessive drinking and promiscuity
whoopee - noisy and boisterous revelry
revelry
noun merrymaking, partying, fun, celebration, rave (Brit. slang), spree, festivity, beano (Brit. slang), debauch, debauchery, carouse, jollity, saturnalia, roistering, rave-up (Brit. slang), jollification, carousal, hooley or hoolie (chiefly Irish & N.Z.) The sounds of revelry are getting louder.
Translations
revelry [ˈrevlrɪ] N → juerga f, parranda f, jarana f; (organized) → fiestas fpl, festividades fpl
the spirit of revelry → el espíritu de festivo
revelry [ˈrɛvəlri] n → festivités fpl
revelry
n usu pl → Festlichkeit f
revelry [ˈrɛvlrɪ] n → baldoria
revelry [ˈrɛvlrɪ] n → baldoria
revelry revel


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And thus, while the one ship went cheerily before the breeze, the other stubbornly fought against it; and so the two vessels parted; the crew of the Pequod looking with grave, lingering glances towards the receding Bachelor; but the Bachelor's men never heeding their gaze for the lively revelry they were in.
Moby Dick LXVIII-CXXXIV by Melville, Herman View in context
A back door was partly open, as if by neglect, and their first thought was that the authors of the awful revelry might have escaped.
Present At A Hanging And Other Ghost Stories by Bierce, Ambrose View in context
The alcohol, shrewdly blended with water, is handed to me, and soon I am caught up in the revelry, with maggots crawling in my brain and John Barleycorn whispering to me that life is big, and that we are all brave and fine--free spirits sprawling like careless gods upon the turf and telling the two-by- four, cut-and-dried, conventional world to go hang.
John Barleycorn by London, Jack View in context
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