holidays Definition

holiday
noun holidays

1. A period of recreational time spent away from work, study or general routine. Sometimes (old use or facetious) shortened to hols.

Thesaurus: vacation, sabbatical, leave, recess, time off.
Form: holidays (often)
2. A day when one does not have to work, originally a religious festival.
3. Befitting a holiday; cheerful or light-spirited.

Example: a holiday atmosphere

verb

intr
holidayed, holidaying
1. To spend or go away for a holiday in a specified place or at a specified time.

Example: They holiday every year in Cornwall

Etymology: Anglo-Saxon haligdæg holy day.