jolly
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(adverb) intensifier, as in "pretty big"; "pretty bad"; (`jolly' is used informally in Britain as in "jolly decent of him") |
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Synonyms: pretty |
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(noun) a small boat used by a ship's sailors for general work |
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Synonyms: jolly boat |
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Related Words: yawl |
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(verb) be silly or tease one another; "After we relaxed, we just kidded around" |
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Synonyms: banter, chaff, kid |
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Related Words: bait, cod, rag, rally, ride, tantalize, taunt, tease, twit |
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(satellite adjective) full of or showing high-spirited merriment; "when hearts were young and gay"; "a poet could not but be gay, in such a jocund company"- Wordsworth; "the jolly crowd at the reunion"; "jolly old Saint Nick"; "a jovial old gentleman"; "have a merry Christmas"; "peals of merry laughter"; "a mirthful laugh" |
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Synonyms: gay, jocund, jovial, merry, mirthful |
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