revel
verb
[ ˈrɛv(ə)l ]
• enjoy oneself in a lively and noisy way, especially with drinking and dancing.
• "they spent the evening revelling with their guests"
Similar:
celebrate,
make merry,
have a party,
party,
feast,
eat,
drink,
and be merry,
carouse,
roister,
have fun,
have a good time,
enjoy oneself,
go on a spree,
live it up,
whoop it up,
have a fling,
have a ball,
make whoopee,
rave,
paint the town red,
push the boat out,
spree,
revel
noun
• lively and noisy enjoyment, especially with drinking and dancing.
• "late-night revels"
Similar:
celebration,
festivity,
jollification,
merrymaking,
carousal,
carouse,
spree,
debauch,
bacchanal,
party,
jamboree,
rave,
shindig,
bash,
jag,
do,
rave-up,
knees-up,
jolly,
thrash,
beano,
beanfeast,
hooley,
crack,
wingding,
blast,
shivoo,
rage,
ding,
jollo,
Origin:
late Middle English: from Old French reveler ‘rise up in rebellion’, from Latin rebellare ‘to rebel’.
