make merry

make merry
verb
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!

Syn:
Derivationally related forms:
wassailer (for: ↑wassail), ↑jollification (for: ↑jollify), ↑merrymaking, ↑racket (for: ↑racket), ↑revel (for: ↑revel), ↑reveller (for: ↑revel), ↑revelry (for: ↑revel)
Hypernyms: ↑celebrate, ↑fete
Hyponyms: ↑carouse, ↑roister, ↑riot
Verb Frames:
-

Somebody ——s

* * *

HAVE FUN, have a good time, enjoy oneself, have a party, celebrate, carouse, feast, eat, drink, and be merry, revel, roister; informal party, have a ball.
merry

* * *

make good, make light of, make little of, make love to, make merry see under ↑good, etc.
• • •
Main Entry:make
————————
make merry
1. To be festive
2. To indulge in lively enjoyment
3. To turn to ridicule (with with or over)
• • •
Main Entry:merry

* * *

enjoy oneself with others, esp. by dancing and drinking

* * *

make merry — see merry
• • •
Main Entry:make
————————
make merry
old-fashioned : to have fun and enjoy yourself by eating, drinking, dancing, etc.

They made merry throughout the night.

• • •
Main Entry:merry

* * *

make ˈmerry idiom
(old-fashioned) to enjoy yourself by singing, laughing, drinking, etc.
Main entry:merryidiom

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

Игры ⚽ Нужен реферат?
Synonyms:

Look at other dictionaries:

  • make merry — {v. phr.}, {literary} To have fun, laugh, and be happy, * /In Aesop s fable the grasshopper made merry while the ant worked and saved up food./ * /In the Bible story a rich man ate and drank and made merry./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • make merry — {v. phr.}, {literary} To have fun, laugh, and be happy, * /In Aesop s fable the grasshopper made merry while the ant worked and saved up food./ * /In the Bible story a rich man ate and drank and made merry./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • make merry — ► make merry indulge in merriment. Main Entry: ↑merry …   English terms dictionary

  • make merry — have fun, laugh and celebrate We decided to go to a nice restaurant and make merry for the evening …   Idioms and examples

  • make\ merry — v. phr. literary To have fun, laugh, and be happy, In Aesop s fable the grasshopper made merry while the ant worked and saved up food. In the Bible story a rich man ate and drank and made merry …   Словарь американских идиом

  • make merry — I m afraid we may have made merry a bit too long last night Syn: have fun, have a good time, enjoy oneself, have a party, celebrate, carouse, feast, ‘eat, drink, and be merry, ’ revel, roister; informal party, have a ball …   Thesaurus of popular words

  • make merry — indulge in merriment. → merry …   English new terms dictionary

  • make merry — Synonyms and related words: beat the drum, blow the trumpet, carouse, celebrate, commemorate, cut loose, debauch, dress ship, fire a salute, hallow, hell around, hold jubilee, honor, jollify, jolly, jubilate, jubilize, keep, lark, let go, let… …   Moby Thesaurus

  • To make merry — Merry Mer ry, a. [Compar. {Merrier}; superl. {Merriest}.] [OE. merie, mirie, murie, merry, pleasant, AS. merge, myrige, pleasant; cf. murge, adv.; prob. akin to OHG. murg, short, Goth. gama[ u]rgjan to shorten; cf. L. murcus a coward, who cuts… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • To make merry — make make, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {made} (m[=a]d); p. pr. & vb. n. {making}.] [OE. maken, makien, AS. macian; akin to OS. mak?n, OFries. makia, D. maken, G. machen, OHG. mahh?n to join, fit, prepare, make, Dan. mage. Cf. {Match} an equal.] 1. To… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”