HAVE A GOOD TIME

IPA (US):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does have a good time mean? 

• HAVE A GOOD TIME (verb)
  The verb HAVE A GOOD TIME has 1 sense:

1. enjoy oneself greatly

  Familiarity information: HAVE A GOOD TIME used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HAVE A GOOD TIME (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Enjoy oneself greatly

Classified under:

Verbs of eating and drinking

Synonyms:

have a ball; have a good time

Context example:

We had a ball at the party and didn't come home until 2 AM

Hypernyms (to "have a good time" is one way to...):

delight; enjoy; revel (take delight in)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

 Context examples 

We'll have a good time ourselves, and add an extra relish to our own pleasure by giving other people a generous taste.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

An' I'll bet he's not particularly joyful at seein' others have a good time.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

It looks hospitable, and I want the poor child to have a good time after all her trouble, said Mrs. March, suiting the action to the word.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

Three dollars a week, an' four dollars a week, an' a young boy cookin' for himself on an oil-burner an' layin' up money, workin' all day an' studyin' all night, just workin' an' never playin', never havin' a good time, an' never learnin' how to have a good time—of course his thirty thousand came along too late.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

Teddy and his boys will lend a hand, and we'll have a good time yet. returned Jo, leaning over the gate to watch for Laurie.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

It's a scrape, I acknowledge, but if you will lend a hand, we'll pull through and have a good time yet.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

"She didn't like it," he insisted. "She didn't have a good time."

(The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald)

"I like to come," Lucille said. "I never care what I do, so I always have a good time. When I was here last I tore my gown on a chair, and he asked me my name and address—inside of a week I got a package from Croirier's with a new evening gown in it."

(The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald)