ENGLISH: jolly - CREOLE: kontan



Overview of noun jolly



The noun jolly has 2 senses (no senses from tagged texts)



1. jolly -- (a happy party)

2. jolly boat, jolly -- (a yawl used by a ship's sailors for general work)



Overview of verb jolly



The verb jolly has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts)



1. kid, chaff, jolly, josh, banter -- (be silly or tease one another; "After we relaxed, we just kidded around")



Overview of adj jolly



The adj jolly has 1 sense (first 1 from tagged texts)



1. (2) gay, jocund, jolly, jovial, merry, mirthful -- (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")



Overview of adv jolly



The adv jolly has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts)



1. pretty, jolly -- (used as an intensifier (`jolly' is used informally in Britain); "pretty big"; "pretty bad"; "jolly decent of him")

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