| noun | a happy party |
| noun | a yawl used by a ship's sailors for general work |
| verb | be silly or tease one another “After we relaxed, we just kidded around” |
| adjective | full of or showing high-spirited merriment; ; - Wordsworth “when hearts were young and gay” |
| adverb | to a moderately sufficient extent or degree “pretty big” |
| jolly | adjective | full of or showing high-spirited merriment; ; - Wordsworth |
| jolly | verb | be silly or tease one another |
| jolly | noun | a happy party |
| banter | noun | light teasing repartee |
| jocundity | noun | a feeling facetious merriment |
| jolliness | noun | feeling jolly and jovial and full of good humor |
| jollity | noun | feeling jolly and jovial and full of good humor |
| joviality | noun | feeling jolly and jovial and full of good humor |
| merriness | noun | the trait of merry joking |
| mirthfulness | noun | great merriment |