revel n : unrestrained merrymaking [syn: revelry]

1 take delight in; "he delights in his granddaughter" [syn: delight, enjoy]

2 celebrate noisily, often indulging in drinking; engage in uproarious festivities; "The members of the wedding party made merry all night"; "Let's whoop it up--the boss is gone!" [syn: racket, make whoopie, make merry, make happy, whoop it up, jollify, wassail] [also: revelling, revelled]

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɛvəl

Noun

1. An instance of merry-making; a celebration.
   • Our revels now are ended. -- Shakespeare

Translations

Verb

1. To make merry; to have a gay, lively time.
   • 1997 The Art of Practicing, a Guid to Making Music from the Heart

     Slowing down doesn't have to feel like holding back. It can be an opportunity to revel in sounds and sensations, to not be so concerned about where we are going but to enjoy the moment and become comfortable where we are.

Synonyms

• carouse
• celebrate

Translations

• Czech: oddávat se, vychutnávat si, hýřit
• Finnish: juhlia, rellestää
• German: feiern, schwelgen
• Swedish: festa, fira

Derived terms

• reveller/reveler
• revelry

• Revel may refer to:

Places

• communes in France:
  • Revel, Haute-Garonne
  • Revel, Isère
  • Revel-Tourdan, in the Isère département
• in Estonia:
  • Revel, Russian form of the German name for Tallinn, the capital of Estonia. Officially used 1880-1917

People

• Bernard Revel (1885-1940), rabbi and the first president of Yeshiva University
• Jean-François Revel (1924-2006), French intellectual known for his 2002 book, Anti-Americanism

Other

• Revel, short name for the Bernard Revel Graduate School of Jewish Studies at Yeshiva University.
• REVEL-velocity model, REcent VELocity model used to determine tectonic plate motions
• Revel Entertainment Group, casino development company
• Revel Loudspeakers, a luxury loudspeaker manufacturer

See also

• Revels (disambiguation)

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