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merry-making

merry-making is the alternative form of merrymaking.

Meaning of merrymaking

Noun

merrymaking (usually uncountable, plural merrymakings)

  1. (usually) Joyful festivities, especially as a celebration.

Questions about merry-making

What is merry-making the alternative form of?
Merry-making is the alternative form of merrymaking.

Words near merry-making in the dictionary

  1. merry-go-sorry
  2. merry-go-whirl
  3. merry-go-whirls
  4. merry-maker
  5. merry-makers
  6. merry-making
  7. merry-meeting
  8. merry-meetings
  9. merry-thought
  10. merry-thoughts
  11. merry-totter

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Adapted from Wiktionary: merry-making (page history and authors); merrymaking (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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