revel (verb)
1revel — ► VERB (revelled, revelling; US reveled, reveling) 1) engage in lively and noisy festivities. 2) (revel in) gain great pleasure from. ► NOUN (revels) ▪ li …
2revel in — ˈrevel ˌin [transitive] [present tense I/you/we/they revel in he/she/it revels in present participle revelling in past tense …
3revel — verb revelled, revelling BrE reveled, reveling AmE (I) old use to spend time dancing, eating, drinking etc, especially at a party revel noun (countable usually plural): their drunken revels revel in sth phrasal verb (T) to enjoy something very… …
4revel — (n.) c.1300, riotous merry making, from O.Fr. revel, from reveler be disorderly, make merry, from L. rebellare to rebel (see REBEL (Cf. rebel)). The verb meaning to feast in a noisy manner is first recorded early 14c. The meaning take great… …
5revel — verb (revels, revelling, revelled; US revels, reveling, reveled) 1》 engage in lively and noisy festivities. 2》 (revel in) gain great pleasure from. noun (revels) lively and noisy festivities. Derivatives …
6revel — The verb has inflected forms revelled, revelling in BrE and in AmE also reveled, reveling …
7revel — rev|el1 [ revl ] verb intransitive MAINLY LITERARY to celebrate or enjoy yourself in a lively and noisy way, especially by singing, dancing, and drinking alcohol revel ,in phrasal verb transitive revel in something to enjoy something very much:… …
8Revel — This unusual and interesting name is of early medieval English origin, and derives from either a nickname or a given name. In the former case, the nickname was used of a fun loving, boisterous person, derived from the Middle English and Old… …
9revel — I UK [ˈrev(ə)l] / US verb [intransitive] Word forms revel : present tense I/you/we/they revel he/she/it revels present participle revelling past tense revelled past participle revelled mainly literary to celebrate or enjoy yourself in a lively… …
10revel in — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms revel in : present tense I/you/we/they revel in he/she/it revels in present participle revelling in past tense revelled in past participle revelled in revel in something to enjoy something very much She is… …
