revel Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun unrestrained merrymaking
    revelry.
  2. verb take delight in
    delight; enjoy.
    • he delights in his granddaughter
  3. verb celebrate noisily, often indulging in drinking; engage in uproarious festivities
    jollify; make whoopie; make merry; whoop it up; wassail; racket; make happy.
    • The members of the wedding party made merry all night
    • Let's whoop it up--the boss is gone!

WordNet

Rev"el noun
Definitions
  1. (Arch.) See Reveal. R.
Rev"el noun
Etymology
OF. revel rebellion, disorder, feast, sport. See Revel, v. i.
Definitions
  1. A feast with loose and noisy jollity; riotous festivity or merrymaking; a carousal.
    This day in mirth and revel to dispend. Chaucer.
    Some men ruin . . . their bodies by incessant revels. Rambler.
Rev"el intransitive verb
Etymology
OF. reveler to revolt, rebel, make merry, fr. L. rebellare. See Rebel.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Reveled or Revelled; present participle & verbal noun Reveling or Revelling
Definitions
  1. To feast in a riotous manner; to carouse; to act the bacchanalian; to make merry. Shak.
  2. To move playfully; to indulge without restraint. "Where joy most revels." Shak.
Re*vel" transitive verb
Etymology
L. revellere; re- + vellere to pluck, pull.
Definitions
  1. To draw back; to retract. Obs. Harvey.

Webster 1913