JOLLIFY (jollified)

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: jollified   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does jollify mean? 

• JOLLIFY (verb)
  The verb JOLLIFY has 1 sense:

1. celebrate noisily, often indulging in drinking; engage in uproarious festivities

  Familiarity information: JOLLIFY used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• JOLLIFY (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Celebrate noisily, often indulging in drinking; engage in uproarious festivities

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Synonyms:

jollify; make happy; make merry; make whoopie; racket; revel; wassail; whoop it up

Context example:

Let's whoop it up--the boss is gone!

Hypernyms (to "jollify" is one way to...):

celebrate; fete (have a celebration)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "jollify"):

carouse; riot; roister (engage in boisterous, drunken merrymaking)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Derivation:

jollification (a boisterous celebration; a merry festivity)