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Meanings of
make merry
in English
Celebrate noisily, often indulging in drinking; engage in uproarious festivities.
racket
revel
wassail
jollify
make whoopie
make happy
whoop it up
Synonyms
Examples for "
racket
"
racket
revel
wassail
jollify
make whoopie
Examples for "
racket
"
1
Martins said, 'The police have implicated Harry in a very serious
racket
.
2
Still, this was about
racket
,
not reality, and Dominique probably was right.
3
To summarize: Three steps must be taken to smash the war
racket
.
4
Later she said of her
racket
abuse: I just threw my
racket
.
5
What with all this
racket
,
I can't really hear you too good.
1
In this they pipe and
revel
;
in this they sing and dance.
2
I am a man; I
revel
in trouble; you are a girl.
3
And I rather
revel
in it-asI do in the east wind.
4
The dance hall
revel
at the Elysian Fields was in full swing.
5
Nor does the
revel
end then; it is prolonged for eight days.
1
Only the presence at table of their leaders kept the
wassail
down.
2
Orgies and wild
wassail
hold a mocking sway in the courts of death.
3
With wine and
wassail
they nerved themselves for the desperate deed.
4
Oh, to be young again an' not spill life in
wassail
!
5
In 1599 Arthur Chichester brought this
wassail
bowl from his native Devon to Ulster.
1
To-night you may
jollify
;
but after that you are under strict discipline, for a month at least.
2
Tain't natchul fer folks not to git together an' laugh an' be happy an' fergit dere quarrels an' dere troubles an'
jollify
deyselves.
3
You cannot imagine how a little praise
jollifies
us poor authors to the marrow of our bones.
1
And if I
make
whoopie
pies I won't be able to stand the temptation.
1
I play, to
make
happy
the children, to get bread for me.
2
But look at the good you can do-thepeople you can
make
happy
.
3
May Venus
make
happy
your next pursuit of a pretty slave.
4
What was wealth good for anyhow, save to
make
happy
those we love?
5
Photo: Supplied Which plants
make
happy
bedfellows and which don't?
1
He has worked her to
whoop
it
up
for him down there.
2
Cent., as he had accumulated his full line, and was ready to
whoop
it
up
.
3
They would fairly
whoop
it
up
.
4
It's a race, of course; but you're too much of a horseman to
whoop
it
up
this soon.
5
Don't you ever
whoop
it
up
?
'
Usage of
make merry
in English
1
These men eat and
make
merry
;
let it be their funeral feast.
2
Nana was struck and did her best to
make
merry
about it.
3
To
make
merry
in camp is not all of a ranger's life.
4
And Eumaeus answered: Eat, stranger, and
make
merry
with what thou hast.
5
Eat, luckless stranger, and
make
merry
with such fare as is here.
6
Then soothly shall we
make
merry
o'er butts of good October brewing.
7
So, now you have come, you can help us
make
merry
,
Schönleben.
8
Photo: Wikicommons Shares continued to
make
merry
,
hitting a high in September 1929.
9
I could not
make
merry
while he wept; my heart would weep also.
10
Hereupon they sat down and began to eat and drink and
make
merry
.
11
He is court jester, at whose quips the generations
make
merry
.
12
Enter, and
make
merry
with us, and to-morrow go your way.
13
At home we always eat, drink and
make
merry
,
for to-morrow never comes.
14
Therefore, Teule,
make
merry
while you may, and die bravely when you must.
15
Be a good boy, and
make
merry
-
it
is
my wish.
16
But do not fear, we shall
make
merry
at Chelsea.
Other examples for "make merry"
Grammar, pronunciation and more
This collocation consists of:
make
merry
make
Verb
Noun
Make merry
through the time
Make merry
across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Rare