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| amusement park |
an outdoor place offering games, rides on merry-go-rounds and roller coasters, and the like, and refreshments. |
| blithesome |
merry and gay in nature; cheerful. |
| carousel |
a merry-go-round. [1/2 definitions] |
| Falstaff |
a fat, boisterous, boastful knight in Henry IV and The Merry Wives of Windsor by William Shakespeare. |
| festive |
merry and joyful. [1/2 definitions] |
| frolic |
to act in a playful way by romping about, making merry, or playing jokes. |
| gaily |
in a cheerful or merry manner. [1/2 definitions] |
| gay |
of or in a happy mood; merry. [1/2 definitions] |
| gleeful |
exuberantly joyful; merry. |
| hilarious |
boisterously merry. [1/2 definitions] |
| jocose |
inclined to joke; jovial; merry. [1/2 definitions] |
| jocular |
jovial or inclined to joke; merry. [1/2 definitions] |
| jocund |
merry or cheerful in manner or appearance; jovial. |
| jollification |
enthusiastic and merry celebration; revelry. |
| jollity |
the state or quality of being merry; gaiety. [2 definitions] |
| jolly |
cheerful, full of fun, and merry. |
| jovial |
very cheerful, friendly, and merry; jolly. |
| kick up one's heels |
to have a merry time. |
| merry-go-round |
a round platform that turns by the power of a machine and has seats in the form of animals that go up and down on poles. People pay for rides on a merry-go-round. |
| ride |
a mechanical thing, such as a merry-go-round or roller coaster, that people can ride for fun at a place like a fair or amusement park. [1/5 definitions] |
| romp |
lively and merry play. [1/2 definitions] |
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