Jolly,

7 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Jolly \Jol"ly\ (j[o^]l"l[y^]), a. [Compar. {Jollier}
     (-l[i^]*[~e]r); superl. {Jolliest}.] [OF. joli, jolif,
     joyful, merry, F. joli pretty; of Scand. origin, akin to E.
     yule; cf. Icel. j[=o]l yule, Christmas feast. See {Yule}.]
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     1. Full of life and mirth; jovial; joyous; merry; mirthful.


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              Like a jolly troop of huntsmen.       --Shak.
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              "A jolly place," said he, "in times of old!
              But something ails it now: the spot is cursed."
                                                    --Wordsworth.
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     2. Expressing mirth, or inspiring it; exciting mirth and
        gayety.
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              And with his jolly pipe delights the groves.
                                                    --Prior.
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              Their jolly notes they chanted loud and clear.
                                                    --Fairfax.
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     3. Of fine appearance; handsome; excellent; lively;
        agreeable; pleasant. "A jolly cool wind." --Sir T. North.
        [Now mostly colloq.]
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              Full jolly knight he seemed, and fair did sit.
                                                    --Spenser.
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              The coachman is swelled into jolly dimensions. --W.
                                                    Irving.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Jolly \Jol"ly\ (j[o^]l"l[y^]), v. t.
     To cause to be jolly; to make good-natured; to encourage to
     feel pleasant or cheerful; -- often implying an insincere or
     bantering spirit; hence, to poke fun at. [Colloq.]
  
           We want you to jolly them up a bit.      --Brander
                                                    Matthews.
  
           At noon we lunched at the tail of the ambulance, and
           gently "jollied" the doctor's topography. --F.
                                                    Remington.
     [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Jolly \Jol"ly\ (j[o^]l"l[y^]), n.; pl. {Jollies}
     (j[o^]l"l[i^]z). [Prob. fr. {Jolly}, a.]
     A marine in the English navy. [Sailor's Slang]
  
           I'm a Jolly -- 'Er Majesty's Jolly -- soldier an'
           sailor too!                              --Kipling.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  jolly
       adj : 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" [syn: {gay}, {jocund}, {jovial},
              {merry}, {mirthful}]
       n 1: a happy party
       2: a yawl used by a ship's sailors for general work [syn: {jolly
          boat}]
       adv : used as an intensifier (`jolly' is used informally in
             Britain); "pretty big"; "pretty bad"; "jolly decent of
             him" [syn: {pretty}]
       v : be silly or tease one another; "After we relaxed, we just
           kidded around" [syn: {kid}, {chaff}, {josh}, {banter}]
       [also: {jollied}, {jolliest}, {jollier}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  157 Moby Thesaurus words for "jolly":
     Naval Reservist, Royal Marine, Seabee, addled, animated, appease,
     banter, beery, bemused, besotted, blandish, blarney, blind drunk,
     blithe, blithesome, bluejacket, boon, boot, butter, butter up,
     buxom, cadet, cajole, carouse, celebrate, chaff, cheerful, cheery,
     coltish, convivial, crapulent, crapulous, cut loose, debauch,
     deceive, dizzy, drenched, drunk, drunken, exuberant, far-gone,
     festal, festive, flustered, fool, fou, free and easy, frisky,
     frivolous, frogman, frolicsome, full, fun, gala, gay, get around,
     giddy, gladsome, gleeful, glorious, gob, hail-fellow-well-met,
     happy, haze, hearty, hell around, high-spirited, hilarious, hoax,
     honey, horse marine, humor, in liquor, inebriate, inebriated,
     inebrious, intoxicated, jape, jest, jive, jocose, jocular, jocund,
     joke, jollify, josh, jovial, joyful, joyous, jubilant, kid,
     kid along, lark, laughter-loving, lay it on, let go, let loose,
     let off steam, lighthearted, make merry, make whoopee, marine,
     maudlin, mellow, merry, merrymaking, midshipman, midshipmite,
     mirth-loving, mirthful, mischievous, muddled, nappy, naval cadet,
     navy man, needle, oil, on the loose, overdo it, play up to,
     playful, put on, rag, raise hell, rally, razz, reeling, rejoicing,
     revel, rib, ride, risible, roast, roguish, roister, see life,
     shikker, skylark, soap, sodden, soft-soap, soften up, sotted,
     sportive, spree, step out, string along, stroke, swabbie, tease,
     tiddly, tipsy, twit, under the influence, waggish, wanton,
     whoop it up
  
  

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:

  Jolly, TX (city, FIPS 37924)
    Location: 33.87681 N, 98.34592 W
    Population (1990): 201 (67 housing units)
    Area: 2.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]:

  Jolly, TX -- U.S. city in Texas
     Population (2000):    188
     Housing Units (2000): 73
     Land area (2000):     0.985659 sq. miles (2.552844 sq. km)
     Water area (2000):    0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
     Total area (2000):    0.985659 sq. miles (2.552844 sq. km)
     FIPS code:            37924
     Located within:       Texas (TX), FIPS 48
     Location:             33.874304 N, 98.348556 W
     ZIP Codes (1990):    
     Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
     Headwords:
      Jolly, TX
      Jolly