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Definition of Jolly up
1. Verb. Cause (somebody) to feel happier or more cheerful. "The good news will jolly up her"; "She tried to cheer up the disappointed child when he failed to win the spelling bee"
Causes: Cheer, Cheer Up, Chirk Up
Specialized synonyms: Amuse
Derivative terms: Cheer
Lexicographical Neighbors of Jolly Up
Literary usage of Jolly up
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Modern English Verb-adverb Combination by Arthur Garfield Kennedy (1920)
"... hang up 'to postpone or delay,' jolly up 'to cheer,' keep up 'to maintain)'
key up, live up (to a certain standard), load up (applied to a drunken man), ..."
2. The English Catalogue of Booksby Sampson Low by Sampson Low (1882)
"Principles and Practice of Teaching, 12mo, 7* 6d Kea York 1879 Jolly (Up.)
Life, by Bev. W. Walker, 12mo, 2* 6rf. Hamilton 1878 Joined to an Idol: a Novel, ..."
3. Punch by Mark Lemon, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor, Shirley Brooks, Francis Cowley Burnand, Owen Seaman (1879)
"What was sauce for Jack was sauce for Jolly. Up jumped Mr. CALLAN, and declared
that neither First Land Lord nor First Sea Lord knew anything about Sea-Cats ..."
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