wassailed

verb

past tense of wassail
as in roistered
to take part in drunken revelry the knights feasted and wassailed for three days after the battlefield victory

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  1. drank
  2. reveled
  3. binged
Verb
  • Kenzo leaned back so that his bobbing Adam’s apple was visible, and drank it down in one gulp.
    — Cynthia Zarin, Harpers Magazine, 4 Aug. 2026
  • Sports bars and restaurants overflowed with customers who drank beer taps dry.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 3 Aug. 2026
Definition of drank
Verb
  • Walker wore his Cardinals hat backward, chewed a big wad of bubble gum and reveled afterward in flashing his imitation Liberty Bell bling, the champions chain presented by Ryan Howard.
    — Dan Gelston, Chicago Tribune, 17 July 2026
  • While hundreds reveled at Thursday night’s all-out bash for The Pierre hotel’s 95th anniversary, some of the building’s tenants in the floors above haven’t been feeling quite as celebratory.
    — Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 21 Nov. 2025
Definition of reveled
Verb
  • An entire season of Ransom Canyon is dropped at once, can be binged in two days, and is gone for a year and a half.
    — Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026
  • Cotillard binged the entire show in three days and was a fan, Leder recalled.
    — Matt Minton, Variety, 10 June 2026
Definition of binged
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