amusement
Roget category 840
6. Words relating to the sentient and moral› 6.2. Personal affections
›› 6.2.1. Passive affections
#840.
Amusement
noun
amusement,
entertainment,
recreation,
fun,
game,
fun and games —
diversion,
divertissement —
reaction,
solace —
pastime,
passetemps [Fr.],
sport —
labor of love —
pleasure
etc.
827.
relaxation —
leisure
etc.
685.
fun,
frolic,
merriment,
jollity —
joviality,
jovialness† —
heyday —
laughter
etc.
838 —
jocosity,
jocoseness† —
drollery,
buffoonery,
tomfoolery —
mummery,
pleasantry —
wit
etc.
842 —
quip,
quirk.
[verbal expressions of amusement: list]
giggle,
titter,
snigger,
snicker,
crow,
cheer,
chuckle,
shout —
horse laugh,
belly laugh,
hearty laugh —
guffaw —
burst of laughter,
fit of laughter,
shout of laughter,
roar of laughter,
peal of laughter —
cachinnation† —
Kentish fire —
tiger.
play —
game,
game at romps —
gambol,
romp,
prank,
antic,
rig,
lark,
spree,
skylarking,
vagary,
monkey trick,
gambade,
fredaine†,
escapade,
echappee [Fr.],
bout,
espieglerie [Fr.] —
practical joke
etc.
(ridicule)
856.
dance —
hop,
reel,
rigadoon†,
saraband†,
hornpipe,
bolero,
ballroom dance —
[ballroom dances: list],
minuet,
waltz,
polka,
fox trot,
tango,
samba,
rhumba,
twist,
stroll,
hustle,
cha-cha —
fandango,
cancan —
bayadere† —
breakdown,
cake-walk,
cornwallis [U.S.],
break dancing —
nautch-girl —
shindig [U.S.] —
skirtdance†,
stag dance,
Virginia reel,
square dance —
galop†,
galopade† —
jig,
Irish jig,
fling,
strathspey† —
allemande [Fr.] —
gavot†,
gavotte,
tarantella —
mazurka,
morisco†,
morris dance —
quadrille —
country dance,
folk dance —
cotillon,
Sir Roger de Coverley —
ballet
etc.
(drama)
599 —
ball —
bal,
bal masque,
bal costume —
masquerade —
Terpsichore.
festivity,
merrymaking —
party
etc.
(social gathering)
892 —
blowout [U.S.],
hullabaloo,
hoedown,
bat [U.S.],
bum [U.S.],
bust [Slang],
clambake [U.S.],
donation party [U.S.],
fish fry [U.S.],
jamboree [Slang],
kantikoy†,
nautch†,
randy,
squantum [U.S.],
tear [Slang],
Turnerfest†,
yule log —
fete,
festival,
gala,
ridotto† —
revels,
revelry,
reveling —
carnival,
brawl,
saturnalia,
high jinks —
feast,
banquet
etc.
(food)
298 —
regale,
symposium,
wassail —
carouse,
carousal —
jollification,
junket,
wake,
Irish wake,
picnic,
fete champetre [Fr.],
regatta,
field day —
treat.
round of pleasures,
dissipation,
a short life and a merry one,
racketing,
holiday making.
rejoicing
etc.
838 —
jubilee
etc.
(celebration)
883.
bonfire,
fireworks,
feu-de-joie,
firecracker.
holiday —
gala day,
red letter day,
play day —
high days and holidays —
high holiday,
Bank holiday —
May day,
Derby day —
Saint Monday,
Easter Monday,
Whit Monday —
Bairam† —
wayz-goos†,
bean feast —
Arbor Day,
Declaration Day,
Independence Day,
Labor Day,
Memorial Day,
Thanksgiving Day —
Mardi gras [Fr.],
mi-careme [Fr.],
feria [Lat.],
fiesta.
place of amusement,
theater —
hall,
concert room,
ballroom,
assemblyroom† —
music hall.
park,
plaisance† —
national park,
national forest,
state park,
county park,
city park,
vest-pocket park,
public park
(public)
737.1;
arbor —
garden
etc.
(horticulture)
371 —
pleasure ground,
playground,
cricketground,
croquet ground,
archery ground,
hunting ground —
tennis court,
racket court —
bowling alley,
green alley —
croquet lawn,
rink,
glaciarum†,
skating rink —
roundabout,
merry-go-round —
swing —
montagne Russe [Fr.].
game of chance,
game of skill.
athletic sports,
gymnastics —
archery,
rifle shooting —
tournament,
pugilism
etc.
(contention)
720 —
sports
etc.
622 —
horse racing,
the turf —
aquatics
etc.
267 —
skating,
sliding —
cricket,
tennis,
lawn tennis —
hockey,
football,
baseball,
soccer,
ice hockey,
basketball —
rackets,
fives,
trap bat and ball,
battledore and shuttlecock,
la grace —
pall-mall,
tipcat†,
croquet,
golf,
curling,
pallone†,
polo,
water polo —
tent pegging —
tilting at the ring,
quintain [Mediev.] —
greasy pole —
quoits,
horseshoes,
discus —
rounders,
lacrosse —
tobogganing,
water polo —
knurr and spell†.
[childrens' games]
leapfrog,
hop skip and jump —
mother may I —
French and English,
tug of war —
blindman's bluff,
hunt the slopper†,
hide and seek,
kiss in the ring —
snapdragon —
cross questions and crooked answers.
—
crisscross,
hopscotch —
jacks,
jackstones†,
marbles —
mumblety-peg,
mumble-the-peg,
pushball,
shinney,
shinny,
tag
&c. —
billiards,
pool,
pingpong,
pyramids,
bagatelle —
bowls,
skittles,
ninepins,
kain†,
American bowls† —
tenpins [U.S.],
tivoli.
cards,
card games —
whist,
rubber —
round game —
loo,
cribbage,
besique†,
euchre,
drole†,
ecarte [Fr.],
picquet†,
allfours†,
quadrille,
omber,
reverse,
Pope Joan,
commit —
boston,
boaston† —
blackjack,
twenty-one,
vingtun [Fr.] —
quinze [Fr.],
thirty-one,
put,
speculation,
connections,
brag,
cassino†,
lottery,
commerce,
snip-snap-snoren†,
lift smoke,
blind hookey,
Polish bank,
Earl of Coventry,
Napoleon,
patience,
pairs —
banker —
blind poker,
draw poker,
straight poker,
stud poker —
bluff,
bridge,
bridge whist —
lotto,
monte,
three-card monte,
nap,
penny-ante,
poker,
reversis†,
squeezers,
old maid,
fright,
beggar-my-neighbor —
baccarat.
[cards: list]
ace,
king,
queen,
knave,
jack,
ten,
nine,
eight,
seven,
six,
five,
four,
trey,
deuce —
joker —
trump,
wild card.
[card suits: list]
spades,
hearts,
clubs,
diamonds —
major suit,
minor suit.
bower —
right bower,
left bower —
dummy —
jackpot —
deck.
[hands at poker: list]
pair,
two pair,
three of a kind,
straight,
flush,
full-house,
four of a kind,
royal flush —
misere
&c..
[board games: list]
chess,
draughts,
checkers,
checquers,
backgammon,
dominos,
merelles†,
nine men's morris,
go bang,
solitaire —
game of fox and goose —
monopoly —
loto
&c. —
[word games: list],
scrabble,
scribbage,
boggle,
crossword puzzle,
hangman.
morra† —
gambling
etc.
(chance)
621.
toy,
plaything,
bauble —
doll
etc.
(puppet )
554 —
teetotum† —
knickknack
etc.
(trifle)
643 —
magic lantern
etc.
(show)
448 —
peep show,
puppet show,
raree show,
gallanty show† —
toy shop —
quips and cranks and wanton wiles, nods and becks quips and cranks and wanton wiles, nods and becks and wreathed smiles"
[Milton].
entertainer,
showman,
showgirl —
dancer,
tap dancer,
song-and-dance man —
vaudeville act —
singer —
musician
etc.
416.
sportsman,
gamester,
reveler —
master of ceremonies,
master of revels —
pompom girl† —
arbiter elegantiarum [Lat.] —
arbiter bibendi [Lat.],
archer,
fan [U.S.],
toxophilite†,
turfman†.
verb
amuse,
entertain,
divert,
enliven —
tickle the fancy —
titillate,
raise a smile,
put in good humor —
cause laughter,
create laughter,
occasion laughter,
raise laughter,
excite laughter,
produce laughter,
convulse with laughter —
set the table in a roar,
be the death of one.
recreate,
solace,
cheer,
rejoice —
please
etc.
829 —
interest —
treat,
regale.
amuse oneself,
game —
play a game,
play pranks,
play tricks —
sport,
disport,
toy,
wanton,
revel,
junket,
feast,
carouse,
banquet,
make merry,
drown care —
drive dull care away —
frolic,
gambol,
frisk,
romp —
caper —
dance
etc.
(leap)
309 —
keep up the ball —
run a rig,
sow one's wild oats,
have one's fling,
take one's pleasure —
paint the town red [Slang] —
see life —
desipere in loco [Lat.],
play the fool.
make holiday,
keep holiday —
go a Maying.
while away the time,
beguile the time —
kill time,
dally.
smile,
simper,
smirk —
grin,
grin like a Cheshire cat —
mock,
laugh in one's sleeve —
laugh,
laugh outright —
giggle,
titter,
snigger,
crow,
snicker,
chuckle,
cackle —
burst out,
burst into a fit of laughter —
shout,
split,
roar.
shake one's sides,
split one's sides,
hold both one's sides —
roar with laughter,
die with laughter.
adjective
amusing,
entertaining,
diverting
etc.
v. —
recreational,
recreative,
lusory† —
pleasant
etc.
(pleasing)
829 —
laughable
etc.
(ludicrous)
853 —
witty
etc.
842 —
fun,
festive,
festal —
jovial,
jolly,
jocund,
roguish,
rompish† —
playful,
playful as a kitten —
sportive,
ludibrious†.
funny —
very funny,
hilarious,
uproarious,
side-splitting.
amused
etc.
v. —
pleased with a rattle, tickled with a pleased with a rattle, tickled with a straw"
[Pope];
laughing
etc.
v. —
risible —
ready to burst,
ready to split,
ready to die with laughter —
convulsed with laughter,
rolling in the aisles.
adverb
on the light fantastic toe"
[Milton],
at play,
in sport.
interjection
vive la bagatelle! [Fr.],
vogue la galere! [Fr.],
phrase
deus nobis haec otia fecit [Lat.] —
dum vivimus vivamus [Lat.] —
dulce est desipere in loco [Lat.]
[Horace];
(every room) hath blazed with lights and brayed (every room) hath blazed with lights and brayed with minstrelsy"
[Timon of Athens];
misce stullitiam consiliis brevem [Lat.]
[Horace].
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