Source : WordNet®
jolly
n 1: a happy party
2: a yawl used by a ship's sailors for general work [syn: {jolly
boat}]
adv : used as an intensifier (`jolly' is used informally in
Britain); "pretty big"; "pretty bad"; "jolly decent of
him" [syn: {pretty}]
[also: {jollied}, {jolliest}, {jollier}]
jolly
adj : full of or showing high-spirited merriment; "when hearts
were young and gay"; "a poet could not but be gay, in
such a jocund company"- Wordsworth; "the jolly crowd at
the reunion"; "jolly old Saint Nick"; "a jovial old
gentleman"; "have a merry Christmas"; "peals of merry
laughter"; "a mirthful laugh" [syn: {gay}, {jocund}, {jovial},
{merry}, {mirthful}]
[also: {jollied}, {jolliest}, {jollier}]
jolly
v : be silly or tease one another; "After we relaxed, we just
kidded around" [syn: {kid}, {chaff}, {josh}, {banter}]
[also: {jollied}, {jolliest}, {jollier}]
jollied
See {jolly}