Definition of revel Revel

/ɹɛˈvʌl/ - [revul] - rev•el

We found 14 definitions of revel from 5 different sources.

What does revel mean?

Noun Plural: revels
revel - unrestrained merrymaking
		revelry
		jollification, merrymaking, conviviality a boisterous celebration; a merry festivity
		binge, bout, bust, tear a contest or fight (especially between boxers or wrestlers)
		booze-up, carousal, carouse, toot, bender revelry in drinking; a merry drinking party
		debauch, debauchery, drunken revelry, bacchanalia, saturnalia, bacchanal, orgy, riot an orgiastic festival in ancient Rome in honor of Saturn
Verb revels, reveling, reveled
revel - 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!"
		racket, make whoopie, make merry, make happy, whoop it up, jollify, wassail
		fete, celebrate have a celebration; "They were feting the patriarch of the family"; "After the exam, the students were celebrating"
		carouse, roister, riot engage in boisterous, drunken merrymaking; "They were out carousing last night"
revel - take delight in; "he delights in his granddaughter"
		delight, enjoy
		have a ball, have a good time enjoy oneself greatly; "We had a ball at the party and didn't come home until 2 AM"
		wallow delight greatly in; "wallow in your success!"
		live it up enjoy oneself; "it's your birthday, so let's live it up!"

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revel (n.)
See Reveal.
revel (v. i.)
A feast with loose and noisy jollity; riotous festivity or merrymaking; a carousal.
revel (v. i.)
To feast in a riotous manner; to carouse; to act the bacchanalian; to make merry.
revel (v. i.)
To move playfully; to indulge without restraint.
revel (v. t.)
To draw back; to retract.

revel
A Russian province, said to have been conquered by the Teutonic knights in the 12th century; after various changes it was ceded to Sweden by the treaty of Oliva in 1660, and finally to Russia by the peace of Nystadt in 1721, having been conquered by Peter in 1710.
revel
A strongly fortified seaport town of Russia, government of Esthonia, on a small bay on the south side of the Gulf of Finland, 200 miles west-southwest from St. Petersburg. It was long held by the Teutonic Knights; was made over to Sweden in 1562; bombarded by the Danish and Lübeck fleets in 1569; besieged by Peter the Great, and annexed to the Russian empire in 1710. In 1713 a naval harbor, in addition to the commercial harbor, was founded.

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