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Definition of revelsnext
plural of revel

revels

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verb

present tense third-person singular of revel
as in carouses
to take part in drunken revelry reveling all night is not conducive to a productive next day at work

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Noun
  • In general, her scoring sprees feel more sustainable and less like streaky bursts of shooting.
    Caleb Yum, Austin American Statesman, 26 Feb. 2026
  • So far, federal prosecutors in Minnesota have convicted 62 people in connection to the scandal, which tops the list of the nation's most costly COVID-era fraud sprees.
    Jonah Kaplan, CBS News, 4 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • Seeded first in this NCAA regional and ranked second overall nationally behind 37-0 Connecticut, UCLA muscled past Minnesota 80-56 to start the festivities as Sacramento hosted a women’s tournament for the first time since 2010.
    Joe Davidson March 27, Sacbee.com, 28 Mar. 2026
  • Hailing from Marinduque Island is the Moriones Festival, one of the oldest and most revered ecclesiastical festivities in the Philippines.
    Condé Nast Traveler, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • In 1945, Claire and Frank finally take a real honeymoon in Inverness, where Claire basically binges info on Scottish Highlander history and the Battle of Culloden thanks to Frank nerding out.
    Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 26 Mar. 2026
  • There are few things more luxurious than a handsome couch or chair, but there’s no need to forgo the Netflix binges with a bowl of buttery popcorn or make the kids sit on the floor.
    Michael Y. Park, Architectural Digest, 13 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • The rig drinks a gallon of diesel every 10 minutes.
    Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 22 Mar. 2026
  • Nowadays, locals frequent the restaurant for lunch, dinner and drinks seven days a week.
    Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 20 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • But images of those youthful frolics amid chirping children quickly slips behind me, muted by my puffing, labored breaths and the blanket of snow.
    Thomas Cangelosi, Hartford Courant, 4 Jan. 2026
  • The group watches as a sock puppet opens up a lemonade stand for business and frolics around a lemon farm before Tomlinson dives into a swimming pool.
    Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 13 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Spring break isn’t just for partying college kids and family theme-park romps.
    Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 9 Mar. 2026
  • Kelly’s debut romps with the animal, real and imagined, exploring love and wounding through the animal-nature of our feelings, the precarious past and present of our human lives.
    Erik Pedersen, Oc Register, 7 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Nathan Fielder projects tend to appear like odd larks, then wind back to reveal themselves as extremely personal inquiries.
    Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 1 Dec. 2025
  • No live organism can continue for long to exist sanely under conditions of absolute reality; even larks and katydids are supposed, by some, to dream.
    Kevin Dickinson, Big Think, 8 Aug. 2025
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“Revels.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/revels. Accessed 30 Mar. 2026.

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