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plural of wassail
as in sprees
a bout of prolonged or excessive drinking woke up with a terrible headache from a wild wassail the night before

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wassails

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verb

present tense third-person singular of wassail
as in drinks
to take part in drunken revelry the knights feasted and wassailed for three days after the battlefield victory

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Noun
  • Similar compound-building sprees are playing out in Aspen, the Hamptons, and Los Angeles, where Saghian and other moguls have pieced together trophy properties into massive private domains.
    Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Boyajian and Pedranti became fixtures on the Resorts World trips, with Boyajian receiving the wires from Ohtani’s account via Mizuhara and then forwarding the funds directly to the casino in preparation for their gambling sprees.
    DAVID AMSDEN, Rolling Stone, 29 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • For most, the goal is to keep food and drinks cold while making ice last as long as possible.
    Brad Moon, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025
  • Mihály lives in the countryside, rides a motorbike, drinks heavily, and prefers boxing to football.
    Adam Solomons, IndieWire, 28 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Through countless binges and marathons, the NBC sitcom has built up a fan devotion that borders on religious.
    Dave Nemetz, TVLine, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Late-night YouTube binges, private DMs and social media posts could trigger a red flag on some dashboard.
    The Kim Komando Show, FOXNews.com, 25 Aug. 2025
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“Wassails.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wassails. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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