English

Etymology

w:Mafikeng punningly treated as a present participle, from the celebrations in London after the relief of Mafeking during the Boer War.

Verb

1. To celebrate in a boisterous manner.

be noisy, beat the drum, blow the trumpet, brawl, carry on, celebrate, chirm, clamor, clangor, commemorate, cut up, cut up rough, dress ship, fire a salute, go on, hallow, hell around, hold jubilee, honor, horse around, jubilate, jubilize, keep, make a noise, make a racket, make an uproar, make merry, mark, memorialize, noise, observe, racket, raise Cain, raise a clamor, raise hell, raise sand, raise the deuce, raise the devil, raise the roof, roar, roughhouse, row, rumpus, signalize, solemnize, solemnly mark, sound a fanfare, whoop it up