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noun

Definition of revelnext
as in spree
a time or instance of carefree fun in Finland, Midsummer Day ushers in a nationwide revel as the Finns celebrate the endless hours of sunlight with bonfires and parties

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verb

ˈre-vəl How to pronounce revel (audio)
as in to carouse
to take part in drunken revelry reveling all night is not conducive to a productive next day at work

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Recent Examples of revel
Noun
For instance, Josephus’ account states that around 1,000 revels took their lives toward the siege’s end, but some academics have argued that such an event may never have occurred. — Ella Feldman, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 Sep. 2024 This celebratory defiance of us-and-them mentality revels at the center of Taylor Mac and Matt Ray’s Bark of Millions. — Sara Holdren, Vulture, 7 Feb. 2024
Verb
Be open always to the world around you, and the sighting of a fox, say, or a Mozart sonata overheard on a neighbor’s radio, will be reason enough to revel. — airmail.news, 9 Sep. 2024 But historically Black colleges and universities have reason to revel, as some have seen record increases. — Ira Porter, The Christian Science Monitor, 22 Nov. 2024 See All Example Sentences for revel
Recent Examples of Synonyms for revel
  1. spree
  2. carouse
  3. gambol
  4. binge
  5. romp
  6. drink
  7. frolic
Noun
  • Bill Belichick ran things in his unique fashion, and as a result, the franchise had little use for the ballooning contracts and oversized bonuses that are customary in NFL free agency but tend to age poorly (the spending spree of 2021 notwithstanding).
    — Chad Graff, The Athletic, 11 Mar. 2025
  • While House Bill 1072 has been in the works since before the stabbing attacks on the 16th Street Mall that left one person dead, its sponsors say the spree gives it an extra emphasis.
    — Nick Coltrain, The Denver Post, 10 Mar. 2025
Definition of spree
Verb
  • Its governor, Edward Jackson, was a close friend of the the Indiana Klan leader, D. C. Stephenson, a pudgy man with a reputation for high living, carousing, and trouble with the law.
    — Tara McAndrew, JSTOR Daily, 25 Jan. 2017
  • From there, a series of scenes — a late-night house party full of adults drinking and carousing, a cascade of tinsel falling off a Christmas tree, a playground fail — replicate a you-are-there feeling as a preadolescent named Elwood Curtis navigates the agonies and ecstasies of boyhood.
    — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 12 Dec. 2024
Definition of carouse
Noun
  • His shakshuka takes the tomato-and-pepper mold and spins it into a gambol through fields of celery and coriander seeds, ground chipotles and sweet paprika.
    — Scott Hocker, theweek, 26 Nov. 2024
  • In the winning first moments of the show, Mills gambols on as the Narrator, wielding a paint palette and, instead of a brush, a tuft of rainbow-colored gauze.
    — Celia Wren, Washington Post, 12 Dec. 2023
Definition of gambol
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  • Her love of science came from watching PBS shows as a kid with her mom and spending too much time binging Doctor Who. fossils Neanderthals evolution anthropology paleontology 1 free article left Want More?
    — Monica Cull, Discover Magazine, 13 Mar. 2025
  • By the time the ten episodes of the show—which, unlike Love Is Blind, were released all at once, so the show could be binged in its entirety—are over, there’s been one threesome, two very messy breakups, and one engagement.
    — Lissete Lanuza Sáenz, StyleCaster, 12 Mar. 2025
Definition of binge
Noun
  • Comments On March 14, Netflix released The Electric State, a new sci-fi romp from Joe and Anthony Russo, the Avengers: Endgame directors who will soon return to the Marvel Cinematic Universe for Avengers: Doomsday.
    — Randall Colburn, EW.com, 14 Mar. 2025
  • Last year, Boston went on an even more impressive wire-to-wire romp, following up a 64-18 regular season with a cruise through the playoffs and Finals.
    — Dan Perry, Newsweek, 2 Mar. 2025
Definition of romp
Verb
  • For example, the Mayo Clinic still recommends drinking cranberry juice as a way to prevent UTIs, while the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases doesn’t.
    — Korin Miller, SELF, 17 Mar. 2025
  • Peterson has almost nothing in common with, say, Dave Portnoy, another mascot of the bro-sphere, who mostly just wants to be left alone to eat pizza and drink beer by the pool.
    — Andrew Marantz, The New Yorker, 17 Mar. 2025
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Noun
  • The team of researchers released video footage capturing almost a decade of the small white creatures’ arctic frolics, providing a rare look at how polar bear cubs behave when emerging from their dens.
    — Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 28 Feb. 2025
  • The young lead has a wonderfully magnetic presence, veering between youthful frolic and pensive gloom, even though the film rarely creates circumstances where the latter makes sense.
    — Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 18 Feb. 2025
Definition of frolic

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