revelry
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əl noun, plural rev·el·ries.
reveling; boisterous festivity: Their revelry could be heard across the river.
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| —n , pl -ries | |
| noisy or unrestrained merrymaking | |
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Revelry
is always a great word to know.
So is ninnyhammer. Does it mean:
| a fool or simpleton; ninny. |
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
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Example sentences
The rally attracts more than its share of weekend warriors eager for a brief interlude of escapist revelry.
The city's show produces some of the best photos from a worldwide night of revelry.
The streets are open and people in masked revelry are dancing to the music.
The day ends in town with music, revelry, and gumbo for all.
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