😄 Cheerful and lively 🎉 Fun or enjoyment 😄 To cheer playfully 🚤 A small boat

jolly

9 2.5

Fun you get from playful actions like jokes or pranks

noun
/ˈdʒɑːli/

: diversión

The children filled the park with laughter and jolly as they played games together.
get jollies
go get jollies

I'm glad I'm not going around getting my jollies by knocking people online.

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Examples

But you know what, it was just had a jolly good month and it was the best way to end what had been a really, really great summer.
Every holiday party is full of jolly, making it a time everyone looks forward to.
My wife has great forbearance, and we still have jolly times.

Fiction book (1998)
It was jolly of you and Brus to take time to answer my questions.

Blog text (31)
You got your jollies!

Mum & Dad (2008)
Remember how Matt carried on about Charlie Grimm, singing that little ditty he made up about how "Daddies get their jollies from Chollies"?

Fiction book (2002)
We spent the afternoon enjoying some jolly as we shared stories and played board games.

Synonyms

merriment

vsjolly

13 3.4

A time of happy laughter and fun at a party or celebration

is more about playful mischief as a personal, active enjoyment

frolic

vsjolly

9 3.8

A playful time when people run and laugh

is the broader feeling of enjoyment, often with playful mischief

gaiety

vsjolly

4 6.6

A feeling of cheerful fun and lively excitement

is focused on playful, sometimes mischievous enjoyment rather than mere atmosphere

Antonyms

boredom

83 1.3

A feeling of being tired and restless when you have nothing to do

displeasure

27 3.9

A feeling of being annoyed or not happy about something

Idioms

jolly well

6 9.1

Makes what someone says sound stronger to show anger or determination

in a jolly mood

1 2.8

Feeling happy and cheerful

Compounds

Jolly Roger

4 8.1

A black flag with a white skull and crossbones flown by pirates to show they will attack

jolly boat

Specialized

1 8.2

A small boat that a sailing ship keeps for the crew to move people or supplies

jolly atmosphere

1 3.7

A cheerful, lively feeling that makes people enjoy themselves

How Fun

riot

NSFW

6 5.3

jolly

9 2.5

merriment

13 3.4

fun

∞ 1.0

pleasure

∞ 1.0

enjoyment

81 1.0

Surface Forms

jolly singular

jollies plural

Etymology

Jolly (fun) comes from the adjective jolly, which goes back to old French jolif meaning 'merry', and it means the pleasure or fun that makes you laugh or feel good. So doing something for the jollies is doing it just for fun or a laugh.