Phrase Hound found 19 phrases and 17 compound words that contain jolly. The most common are listed below. Open jolly in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 19
- Jolly RogerThe traditional flag used on European and American pirate ships, and, more recently, by submarine crews, often pictured as a white skull and crossbones on a black field; the blackjack.
- jolly boatA type of ship's boat of the 17th to 19th centuries, used mainly to ferry personnel to and from the ship.
- jolly jumperSynonym of baby bouncer: Any of various devices in which a baby may be secured whilst allowing it to move the device up and down, or from side to side.
- Jolly balanceAn instrument for determining specific gravity by comparing how much an object stretches a spring when held in a pan hanging in the air to how much that same object stretches a spring when held in a pan underwater.
- jolly boyA kind of pancake.
- jolly boysplural of jolly boy: A kind of pancake.
- Jolly Rogersplural of Jolly Roger: The traditional flag used on European and American pirate ships, and, more recently, by submarine crews, often pictured as a white skull and crossbones on a black field; the blackjack.
- jolly jumpersplural of jolly jumper: Any of various devices in which a baby may be secured whilst allowing it to move the device up and down, or from side to side.
- jolly-hockey-sticksWholesomely athletic and enthusiastic, in a manner stereotypically associated with traditional British public schools for girls.
- Jolly NoseA locality in the Port Macquarie-Hastings council area, north eastern New South Wales, Australia.
- jolly alongTo keep (someone) happy or compliant, as by encouragement or flattery.
- Jolly balancesplural of Jolly balance: An instrument for determining specific gravity by comparing how much an object stretches a spring when held in a pan hanging in the air to how much that same object stretches a spring when held in a pan underwater.
- jolly beanAmphetamine.
- jolly beansplural of jolly bean: Amphetamine.
- jolly boatsplural of jolly boat: A type of ship's boat of the 17th to 19th centuries, used mainly to ferry personnel to and from the ship.
- jolly wellCertainly, very well.
- jolly good showAn exclamation of praise or endorsement of an achievement.
- jolly DThoroughly decent.
- brown jollyAn aubergine, an eggplant.
Compound words 17
- jollityThe state of being jolly; jolliness, cheerfulness.
- jollilyIn a jolly manner.
- jollifyTo make jolly.
- jollytailGalaxias maculatus (common galaxias), a freshwater fish with a marine larval stage, found from western Australia to the Falkland Islands.
- unjollyNot jolly; glum.
- jollinessThe quality of being jolly; jollity.
- jollisomeCharacterised or marked by joviality or jolliness.
- jollynessAlternative spelling of jolliness: The quality of being jolly; jollity.
- jollimentjollity; cheer
- jollyfulJolly.