Definition of "revelry" []

• Boisterous merrymaking. (noun)

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• "The revelry is short-lived, however, for the monster Grendel (Crispin Glover) shows up and kills people in graphic fashion."
• "That evening and well into the night, the coffee flowed freely to the townspeople, who engaged in revelry unlike the town of Plum Rose had ever seen."
• "The chief feature of the revelry was the distribution of gifts on the"