holiday

Definition

  • noun: a special day of celebration
  • noun: a day on which one is exempt from work
  • verb: to spend a holiday in or at a particular place
  • verb: to take or spend a holiday especially in travel or at a resort
  • often used before another noun
  • synonyms: vacation, cheerful, joyous

Examples

  • Do you have any plans for the 'holiday weekend'? [=a weekend that is preceded or followed by a holiday]

  • She spent two weeks 'on holiday' [=('US') 'on vacation'] in Italy.

  • The stock market is closed tomorrow because it's a 'holiday'.

Movie quotes

  • (..) You'll know it was me Because the next time you see her She'll be like - Kevin G! - Thank you, Kevin, that's enough. Happy holidays, everybody. K.G. And the Power of Three. That was something. Does it bother you that they still use your original choreography? Shut up. (..)
    2004 Mean Girls