as in spree
a time or instance of carefree fun
in Finland, Midsummer Day ushers in a nationwide revel as the Finns celebrate the endless hours of sunlight with bonfires and parties
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Recent Examples of revel
Elizabeth Barber, Harper's Magazine, 2 Feb. 2024
Andy Reid, Patrick Mahomes and friends will raise their third Lombardi Trophy in five years and revel with Chiefs fans in the wake of Sunday’s 25-22 overtime victory over the 49ers.
—Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Feb. 2024
Zack Pierce, The Athletic, 9 Aug. 2024
Biden appears to revel when Republicans boo or jeer him.
—Washington Post, 8 Mar. 2024
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Noun
Seduction through the ear: a world of revels and forgetting and joy.
—Elizabeth Barber, Harper's Magazine, 2 Feb. 2024
Andy Reid, Patrick Mahomes and friends will raise their third Lombardi Trophy in five years and revel with Chiefs fans in the wake of Sunday’s 25-22 overtime victory over the 49ers.
—Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Feb. 2024
Verb
Long after the stadium had cleared out, her fans could still be heard reveling outside on the concourse.
—Zack Pierce, The Athletic, 9 Aug. 2024
Biden appears to revel when Republicans boo or jeer him.
—Washington Post, 8 Mar. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for revel
Noun
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By the time the killing spree was put to an end, some estimates put the number of victims as high as 135.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes,
12 Jan. 2025
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The juvenile is one of three Fort Smith teenagers accused of threatening a driver at gunpoint and setting out on a robbery spree Oct. 29.—
Penny Weaver,
arkansasonline.com,
7 Jan. 2025
Verb
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From there, a series of scenes — a late-night house party full of adults drinking and carousing, a cascade of tinsel falling off a Christmas tree, a playground fail — replicate a you-are-there feeling as a preadolescent named Elwood Curtis navigates the agonies and ecstasies of boyhood.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
12 Dec. 2024
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Serving guests, some of them still carousing from the previous evening out, was never enough.—
Michael Barnes,
Austin American-Statesman,
19 July 2024
Noun
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His shakshuka takes the tomato-and-pepper mold and spins it into a gambol through fields of celery and coriander seeds, ground chipotles and sweet paprika.—
Scott Hocker,
theweek,
26 Nov. 2024
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In the winning first moments of the show, Mills gambols on as the Narrator, wielding a paint palette and, instead of a brush, a tuft of rainbow-colored gauze.—
Celia Wren,
Washington Post,
12 Dec. 2023
Verb
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Now as a parent myself, binging TV shows with my husband and 10-year-old daughter is our bonding time.—
Lauren Brown West-Rosenthal,
Parents,
13 Jan. 2025
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Her love of science came from watching PBS shows as a kid with her mom and spending too much time binging Doctor Who.—
Monica Cull,
Discover Magazine,
10 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Multiple times, this game looked to be a Penn State romp.—
Chris Branch,
The Athletic,
10 Jan. 2025
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Last week, episode 5 presented a colorful romp through the sort of setting that George Lucas would love, and the new year has gifted us a slower but very heartfelt sixth chapter that's all about strengthening the bonds between the lost children.—
Ian Stokes,
Space.com,
2 Jan. 2025
Verb
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Neighbors called the residents of the apartment where Portillo was found dead problem tenants who were known to drink excessively and act rowdy.—
Ellen Moynihan,
New York Daily News,
16 Jan. 2025
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Scientists at the Kanazawa University Graduate School of Medical Sciences found a link between drinking green tea and having a smaller volume of white matter lesions on the brain.—
Michael Gfoeller And David H. Rundell,
Newsweek,
15 Jan. 2025
Noun
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As Shadow the Hedgehog, malice; as Neo and John Wick, dread; as Johnny Utah, woe; as Ted Logan, frolic — and now, as an anthropomorphic representation of Lumon, Keanu Reeves veers into the buoyantly propagandistic.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
18 Jan. 2025
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There’s no shortage of fun things to do outside in Chicago during the chilly months, however there’s one activity that will prove to be super exciting for a date night, family adventure, or a friends’ frolic in the city.—
Wendy Altschuler,
Forbes,
5 Dec. 2024
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“Revel.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/revel. Accessed 27 Jan. 2025.
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