Carol

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  • noun. A song of praise or joy, especially for Christmas.
  • noun. An old round dance often accompanied by singing.
  • intransitive verb. To sing in a loud, joyous manner.
  • intransitive verb. To go from house to house singing Christmas songs.
  • intransitive verb. To celebrate in or as if in song.
  • intransitive verb. To sing loudly and joyously.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To sing; warble; sing in joy or festivity.
  • To sing joyously.
  • To praise or celebrate in song.
  • noun. A kind of circular dance.
  • noun. [It is often difficult to tell from the context whether carol is the dance or the song that seems to have been sung as an accompaniment to it; but in Chaucer it usually means simply the dance.]
  • noun. A song, especially one expressive of joy; often, specifically, a joyous song or ballad in celebration of Christmas.
  • noun. A ring of leaves or flowers; a garland; a wreath.
  • noun. In architecture: A small closet or inclosure in which to sit and read. A bay-window.
  • noun. Also written carrel, carrell, carrall.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • transitive verb. To praise or celebrate in song.
  • transitive verb. To sing, especially with joyful notes.
  • noun. A small closet or inclosure built against a window on the inner side, to sit in for study. The word was used as late as the 16th century. The term carrel, of the same has largely superseded its use.
  • noun. A round dance.
  • noun. A song of joy, exultation, or mirth; a lay.
  • noun. A song of praise of devotion.
  • noun. Joyful music, as of a song.
  • intransitive verb. To sing; esp. to sing joyfully; to warble.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A round dance accompanied by singing.
  • noun. A song of joy.
  • noun. A religious song or ballad of joy.
  • verb. To sing in a joyful manner.
  • verb. To sing carols, especially Christmas carols in a group.
  • verb. To praise (someone or something) in or with a song.
  • verb. To sing (a song) cheerfully.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. a joyful song (usually celebrating the birth of Christ)
  • verb. sing carols
  • noun. joyful religious song celebrating the birth of Christ
  • Word Usage
    "The word carol comes from the Latin cantare (to sing) and rola (joy)."
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    carrol  
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    Beryl  Carole  Carrel  Carrol  Carroll  
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    chime  hymn  milf  milfhunter  sing  
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