MAKE MERRY
Dictionary entry overview: What does make merry mean? • MAKE MERRY (verb)
The verb MAKE MERRY has 1 sense:
1. celebrate noisily, often indulging in drinking; engage in uproarious festivities
Familiarity information: MAKE MERRY used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• MAKE MERRY (verb)
Meaning:
Celebrate noisily, often indulging in drinking; engage in uproarious festivities
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Synonyms:
jollify; make happy; make merry; make whoopie; racket; wassail; whoop it up; revel
Context examples:
The members of the wedding party made merry all night / Let's whoop it up--the boss is gone!
Hypernyms (to "make merry" is one way to...):
celebrate; fete (have a celebration)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "make merry"):
carouse; riot; roister (engage in boisterous, drunken merrymaking)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
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