Jolly

Word JOLLY
Character 5
Hyphenation jol ly
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Definitions and meanings of "Jolly"

What do we mean by jolly?

Full of good humor and high spirits. adjective

Exhibiting or occasioning happiness or mirth; cheerful. adjective

Greatly pleasing; enjoyable. adjective

To a great extent or degree; extremely. adverb

To keep amused or diverted for one's own purposes; humor. intransitive verb

To amuse oneself with humorous banter. intransitive verb

A good or festive time. noun

Amusement; kicks. noun

In ceramics, a machine used for making plates; a variety of the jigger. See the extract. noun

Remarkably; uncommonly; very: as, jolly awkward; jolly drunk.

To rejoice; make merry.

Slightly exhilarated by drink.

Fine; pretty; great; big:used vaguely, often ironically: as, that's a jolly way of doing things; what a jolly fool he looked! a jolly shame.

Good-natured bantering talk intended to cheer a person or to induce him to comply with the wishes of the speaker. noun

A cheer; a hurrah. noun

A sham bidder at an auction; a confederate of cheats. noun

A British slang name for a marine: not used with reference to United States marines. noun

To make a false offer or bid at an auction.

To ridicule; make fun of; chaff.

To be jolly or good natured to (a person), with the idea of cheering him up or of getting something out of him; flatter.

A pleasure trip or excursion.

A marine in the English navy.

A day out from work, ostensibly on some kind of work-based mission but actually just going for a laugh. Urban Dictionary

All-round nice guy whom everyone loves. Urban Dictionary

To be overly excited, due to intoxication. Being tipsy, but happy as fuck suffices as being jolly as well. Urban Dictionary

Dogging in sunny weather or in a campsite scenario Urban Dictionary

In film, a jolly is a type of shot that involves using a jib and a dolly at the same time. So the camera is traveling vertically and horizontally in any given direction. Urban Dictionary

A day trip, particularly one taken for pleasure and arranged from ones place of work. Urban Dictionary

To bully small kids on the bus Urban Dictionary

A person who is currently busy right now and would reply at this moment later if you leave a message right now Urban Dictionary

To drive in a wild and erratic manner Urban Dictionary

To have a jolly. To masturbate. Urban Dictionary

Synonyms and Antonyms for Jolly

The word "jolly" in example sentences

You know, I was just what I call a jolly girl when ❋ Stella Benson (1912)

"Well, that's what I call a jolly good riddance of bad rubbish," ❋ Talbot Baines Reed (1872)

Speak, ye ballroom frequenters, how would you skip, even with the light of brilliant eyes to encourage you, if there were not what you call a jolly good supper somewhere in the background? ❋ Unknown (1859)

He then asked for something to eat, and commenced telling me a variety of stories relative to what he termed jolly parties in his former days; so that the day passed very agreeably. ❋ Frederick Marryat (1820)

He then asked for some thing to eat, and commenced telling me a variety of stories relative to what he termed jolly parties in his former days; so that the day passed very agreeably. ❋ Frederick Marryat (1820)

Back in jolly old Britain is Deryn Sharp, who is training to be an airman in the British Air Service. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Once upon a time, in jolly old England, under different names, these people were engineers or artists or adventurers or entertainers or maybe gypsies. ❋ Unknown (2009)

It can be built, in jolly quick time, when a nation has access to its own MONEY. ❋ Unknown (2010)

It describes at some length and in jolly detail (as do the various links from it, which are also worth following) the ways in which those massive cyber success stories YouTube and Twitter are believed to be losing money hand over fist, currently surviving only on the largesse of venture capitalists and Google (which recently bought YouTube despite it being loss-making). ❋ Unknown (2009)

On November 3rd, the DVD/Blu-Ray editions of The Colour of Magic will be released in jolly old England, and other parts of Region 2. ❋ Unknown (2008)

The parents just arrived in jolly old england yesterday, and I am in official tour guide status mode. ❋ Michele (2007)

I can't wait to see the doc/movie, when ever it comes out, I hope that it's not only in jolly old London, but in Australia, and the rest of the world. ❋ Unknown (2006)

The fog was as thick as anything we had ever seen, even in jolly old England. ❋ Unknown (1944)

Also in jolly old fishwives, squatted under arches, obscene old women, how deeply they laugh and shake and rollick, when they walk, from side to side, hum, hah! ❋ Unknown (1921)

I was surprised at the tone of easy familiarity which he assumed toward me; but this was explained by the fact that he was what is commonly called a jolly fellow, and had been pretty freely indulging in the "joyful glass." ❋ Unknown (1857)

Scalia deadpans, "And that's why we don't use the word jolly-woggle instead of the F-word." ❋ Unknown (2008)

His beam was won'erful for his length, altogedder -- what you call jolly-boat, or bum-boat build, and was only good afore'e wind, Cap'n Spike. " ❋ James Fenimore Cooper (1820)

We went to the [National] [Gallery] to do some [research] - that was nice little jolly! ❋ Ian Chode (2003)

[Jolly] [owns] ! ❋ Jolly (2003)

[Gettin'] jolly [off that] [alcoholly]!! ❋ Flyest_Bee_You'll_Ever_Know (2009)

"yeah, [Jon's] other half caught him havin [a jolly] in wales" "[fuckwad]" ❋ Dan_montreal (2007)

Let's use [a jolly] shot to [come down] from the [clouds], then into and through the buildings of the city. ❋ DougYoung (2009)

Work was great last week, we went on [a jolly] to [London] and got [the boss] drunk. ❋ VAKI5 (2005)

im [goin] to go jolly [those kids] [big time] ❋ Chimpy Pete (2007)

Hey, he is [a jolly]. He won't [participate] in the [convo]. ❋ Orange7 (2008)

i was [driving] so jolly [the other day] that i hit the [kerb] whilst turning right ❋ Seb Crane Clearly Loves Poo (2008)

I was really [horny], so I had [a jolly] when my parents left [the house]. ❋ Fruitman (2007)

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