Carol

Quick meaning: Carol is a noun meaning A ballad or song of joy.

Meaning

A ballad or song of joy.

More Meanings

1. (intransitive, historical) To participate in a carol (a round dance accompanied by singing).
2. (intransitive) To sing in a joyful manner.
3. (intransitive) To sing carols; especially to sing Christmas carols in a group.
4. (transitive) To praise or celebrate in song.
5. (transitive) To sing (a song) cheerfully.
6. (architecture, obsolete) A small closet or enclosure built against the inner side of a window of a monastery's cloister, to sit in for study.
7. (historical) A round dance accompanied by singing.

Example Sentences

Oppos'd to her, on t' other Side, advance / The coſtly Feaſt, the Carol, and the Dance, / Minſtrels, Muſick, Poetry, and Play, / And Balls by Night, and Turnaments by Day.

And when the ſtubborne ſtroke of ſtronger ſtounds, / Has ſomewhat ſlackt the tenor of thy ſtring; / Of loue and luſtihead tho maiſt thou ſing, / And carroll lowde, and leade the Millers rounde, [...]

The sunshine struck hot on his fur, soft breezes caressed his heated brow, and after the seclusion of the cellarage he had lived in so long the carol of happy birds fell on his dulled hearing almost like a shout.

You might see the townsmen and the ladies carolling in the squares, squires and serjans and young girls singing; there is no street and no house to be found there that is not adorned with hangings of gold and silk.

Word Forms

• carols
• carrol
• carroll
• carrel
• caroling
• carolling
• caroled
• carolled

Synonyms for carol

Depending on context, synonyms include wassail.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include wassail, song, singing, sing, chant, noel.

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