wassail

²wassail

verb

Definition of WASSAIL

intransitive verb

1

: to indulge in wassail : carouse

2

dialect English : to sing carols from house to house at Christmas

transitive verb

: to drink to the health or thriving of

Examples of WASSAIL

1. <the knights feasted and wassailed for three days after the battlefield victory>

First Known Use of WASSAIL

14th century

Related to WASSAIL

Synonyms: binge, birl [chiefly Scottish], revel, roister, carouse

Related Words: booze, drink, guzzle, liquor (up), soak, tipple

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Rhymes with WASSAIL

dossal, fossil, jostle, tassel, throstle, warsle