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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

  • (..) If I'm right, there could be half a mil coming in, all cash. The best time is probably over a weekend. So maybe Saturday night. There is a Jewish holiday Monday. They won't find out until Tuesday. Beautiful. What about the security? Security? You're looking at it. It is a joke. (..)
    1990 Goodfellas