ROISTER

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Dictionary entry overview: What does roister mean?

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

1. engage in boisterous, drunken merrymaking

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

Dictionary entry details

• ROISTER (verb)

Conjugation:

Present simple: I / you / we / they roister

... he / she / it roisters

Past simple: roistered

Past participle: roistered

-ing form: roistering

Sense 1

Meaning:

Engage in boisterous, drunken merrymaking

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Synonyms:

carouse; riot; roister

Context example:

They were out carousing last night

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

jollify; make happy; make merry; make whoopie; racket; revel; wassail; whoop it up (celebrate noisily, often indulging in drinking; engage in uproarious festivities)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Derivation:

roisterer (an especially noisy and unrestrained merrymaker)

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