merrymaking
/ˈmɛrɪmeɪkɪŋ
/noun [mass noun]
Fun; festivity: I’d had my fill of merrymaking and decided to stay put till my headache eased...
- Little did the complacent Bezirk know that West German accounts of the very same meetings spoke of laughter, merrymaking and private house parties.
- While our brothers and sisters in Aceh were experiencing a great calamity, some of us were indulging in convivial merrymaking at luxury hotels on New Year's Eve.
- It was supposed to contain not a jot of propaganda, to be all sheer art, merrymaking, and the euphoria of proud toil.
Derivatives
merrymaker
/ noun ...- Intrepid merrymakers from across Kerry recently jetted off to enjoy the holiday of a lifetime that seemed to combine the very best elements of festive fairytales, seasonal songs and Christmas movies.
- There have been times, at social functions and over drinks, when the Professor has advanced this view, and Scott's post brings the memory of fellow merrymakers ' reactions into focus.
- Yes, he would have been appalled by Costa's coppers and their sniffing dogs waylaying merrymakers in Taylor Square, but his outrage would not have stopped there.
- handicraftswoman
- handicuff
- handigrip
- handily
- hand-in
- handiness
- hand in glove
- handing room
- hand in hand
- hand in one's dinner pail
- handiwork
- hand jam
- hand-jamming
- hand jive
- hand jiving
- handjob
- handkercher
- handkerchief
- handkerchief head
- handkerchief hem
- handkerchiefly
- handkerchief tree
- hand-kissing
- hand-knit
- hand-knitted