revelry
reveling; boisterous festivity: Their revelry could be heard across the river.
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Some people may have thought that, having been prevented from mingling with other humans for a period, folks would greet the return of social activity with hugs, revelry and fellowship.
The usual revelry was absent, replaced by protective screens and masks, a mostly empty House of Delegates chamber, heightened security protocols and workmanlike bureaucracy.
Maryland lawmakers return to Annapolis for start of unusual 90-day session | Ovetta Wiggins, Erin Cox | January 13, 2021 | Washington PostThink of it as Game of Thrones—if you subtract the sex and violence and add drunken revelry and singing.
My friends, hurting from a night of rum-infused revelry, opt for Revive.
The I.V. Doc Comes to Your House, Fights Hangovers, and Wins | Abby Haglage | July 20, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTDespite the intoxicated revelry that is an Avicii live show, his songs make few mentions of alcohol or drugs.
These days I sometimes fall into a counter-historical revelry in which Lincoln allowed the South to remove itself from the Union.
The bloodthirsty Young Turks of Bohane bide their time, waiting in the shadows to shank and supplant their revelry-addled elders.
Must Reads: Kennedy, Sontag and Paris, ‘A Partial History of Lost Causes,’ ‘City of Bohane,’ ‘Flatscreen’ | Lauren Elkin, Mythili Rao, Drew Toal, Nicholas Mancusi | April 6, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTAristide in a hideous red mask and with a bag of confetti under his arm, plunged with enthusiasm into the revelry.
The Joyous Adventures of Aristide Pujol | William J. LockeBut Pujol senior, though wondering where the devil he had fished all that money from, did not waste it in profligate revelry.
The Joyous Adventures of Aristide Pujol | William J. LockeTurning abruptly to the right, they came upon a door through which there issued sounds of terrible revelry.
The Garret and the Garden | R.M. BallantyneNot in the wildest days of Eastcheap revelry did it resound in any one key of vinous harmony.
A Cursory History of Swearing | Julian SharmanHis only real playtimes are the festas, when for some hours he indulges in revelry—if, indeed, it be worthy of such a title.
Spanish Life in Town and Country | L. Higgin and Eugne E. Street
British Dictionary definitions for revelry
/ (ˈrɛvəlrɪ) /
noisy or unrestrained merrymaking
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