All 4 Uses of
revel
in
Uglies
- But now Tally was headed into the center of the island, where floats and revelers populated the bright streets all night.†
p. 6.8
- Behind it trailed a growing bunch of revelers, dancing along with the beat, drinking and throwing their empty bottles to shatter against the huge, impervious machine.†
p. 9.5
- The revelers were wearing masks.†
p. 9.6
- A few of the revelers passed close enough that the sickly sweetness from their bottles filled her nose.†
p. 9.9 *
Definitions:
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(1)
(revel) to take delight in
or:
to party -- especially in a noisy way -
(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
More rarely today (though common in classic literature), revel can be used as a noun that is a synonym for party -- as when Shakespeare wrote "I delight in masques and revels sometimes."