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Definition of revelsnext
plural of revel

revels

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verb

present tense third-person singular of revel
as in carouses
to take part in drunken revelry reveling all night is not conducive to a productive next day at work

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Noun
  • In general, her scoring sprees feel more sustainable and less like streaky bursts of shooting.
    Caleb Yum, Austin American Statesman, 26 Feb. 2026
  • So far, federal prosecutors in Minnesota have convicted 62 people in connection to the scandal, which tops the list of the nation's most costly COVID-era fraud sprees.
    Jonah Kaplan, CBS News, 4 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • Seeded first in this NCAA regional and ranked second overall nationally behind 37-0 Connecticut, UCLA muscled past Minnesota 80-56 to start the festivities as Sacramento hosted a women’s tournament for the first time since 2010.
    Joe Davidson March 27, Sacbee.com, 28 Mar. 2026
  • Hailing from Marinduque Island is the Moriones Festival, one of the oldest and most revered ecclesiastical festivities in the Philippines.
    Condé Nast Traveler, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • In 1945, Claire and Frank finally take a real honeymoon in Inverness, where Claire basically binges info on Scottish Highlander history and the Battle of Culloden thanks to Frank nerding out.
    Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 26 Mar. 2026
  • There are few things more luxurious than a handsome couch or chair, but there’s no need to forgo the Netflix binges with a bowl of buttery popcorn or make the kids sit on the floor.
    Michael Y. Park, Architectural Digest, 13 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • The event will feature sing-alongs, live DJs, photo opportunities and themed food and drinks deals.
    Carlos Rico, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Mar. 2026
  • With knee-high boots on a date Shopping sprees, drinks with the girls, a fancy dinner date—no matter what your plans are with friends or your significant other, your jean shorts will take you wherever the day leads.
    India Roby, Glamour, 23 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • But images of those youthful frolics amid chirping children quickly slips behind me, muted by my puffing, labored breaths and the blanket of snow.
    Thomas Cangelosi, Hartford Courant, 4 Jan. 2026
  • The group watches as a sock puppet opens up a lemonade stand for business and frolics around a lemon farm before Tomlinson dives into a swimming pool.
    Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 13 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Spring break isn’t just for partying college kids and family theme-park romps.
    Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 9 Mar. 2026
  • Kelly’s debut romps with the animal, real and imagined, exploring love and wounding through the animal-nature of our feelings, the precarious past and present of our human lives.
    Erik Pedersen, Oc Register, 7 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Nathan Fielder projects tend to appear like odd larks, then wind back to reveal themselves as extremely personal inquiries.
    Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 1 Dec. 2025
  • No live organism can continue for long to exist sanely under conditions of absolute reality; even larks and katydids are supposed, by some, to dream.
    Kevin Dickinson, Big Think, 8 Aug. 2025
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“Revels.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/revels. Accessed 4 Apr. 2026.

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