NOUN | food | wassail | a punch made of sweetened ale or wine heated with spices / spices and roasted apples |
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VERB | social | wassail, revel, racket, make whoopie, make merry, make happy, whoop it up, jollify | celebrate noisily, often indulging in drinking |
consumption | wassail, toast, drink, pledge, salute | propose a toast to |
Meaning | A punch made of sweetened ale or wine heated with spices / spices and roasted apples; especially at Christmas. | |
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Broader | punch | An iced mixed drink usually containing alcohol and prepared for multiple servings |
Spanish | cerveza especiada, wassail | |
Catalan | cervesa especiada, wassail | |
Verbs | wassail | propose a toast to |
Meaning | celebrate noisily, often indulging in drinking; engage in uproarious festivities. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s | |
Synonyms | revel, racket, make whoopie, make merry, make happy, whoop it up, jollify | |
Narrower | carouse, roister, riot | Engage in boisterous, drunken merrymaking |
Broader | celebrate, fete | Have a celebration |
Spanish | jaranear | |
Nouns | wassailer | someone who enjoys / enjoys / enjoys riotous drinking |
Meaning | Propose a toast to. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody | |
Synonyms | toast, drink, pledge, salute | |
Entails | hit the bottle, drink, booze, fuddle | consume alcohol |
Narrower | give | Propose |
Broader | honor, honour, reward | bestow honor or rewards upon |
Spanish | beber, brindar, prometer, saludar | |
Catalan | brindar per, proposar un brindis, saludar | |
Nouns | wassail | a punch made of sweetened ale or wine heated with spices / spices and roasted apples |
wassailer | someone who proposes a toast |
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