merrymaking

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

merrymaking
    n 1: a boisterous celebration; a merry festivity [syn:
         {merrymaking}, {conviviality}, {jollification}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Merrymaking \Mer"ry*mak`ing\, a.
   Making or producing mirth; convivial; jolly.
   [1913 Webster]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Merrymaking \Mer"ry*mak`ing\, n.
   The act of making merry; conviviality; merriment; jollity.
   --Wordsworth.
   [1913 Webster]

from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

45 Moby Thesaurus words for "merrymaking":
      banquet, celebration, cheer, convivial, conviviality, feast,
      festal, festive, festivity, gaiety, gala, gay, gladsome,
      good cheer, heartiness, hilarious, holiday-making, hoopla,
      jollification, jollity, jolly, jovial, joviality, joyance, joyful,
      joyous, jubilation, larking, mad round, mafficking, merriment,
      merry, on the loose, racketing, regale, regalement, revel,
      reveling, revelment, revelry, revels, round of pleasures,
      skylarking, treat, whoopee