Jolly
[n] a yawl used by a ship's sailors for general work
[n] (British) a happy party
[adv] intensifier, as in"pretty big"; "pretty bad"; (`jolly' is used informally in Britain as in"jolly decent of him")
[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"
[v] be silly or tease one another; "After we relaxed, we just kidded around"
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Synonyms
banter, chaff, gay, jocund, jolly boat, josh, jovial, joyous, kid, merry, mirthful, pretty
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