carnival

carnival has 5 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 8.

Definitions

• n.. A festival celebrated with merriment and revelry in Roman Gatholic countries during the week before Lent, esp. at Rome and Naples, during a few days (three to ten) before Lent, ending with Shrove Tuesday.
• n.. Any merrymaking, feasting, or masquerading, especially when overstepping the bounds of decorum; a time of riotous excess.
• n.. a festival marked by merrymaking and processions
• n.. a traveling show; having sideshows and rides and games of skill etc.
• n.. a frenetic disorganized (and often comic) disturbance suggestive of a large public entertainment; "it was so funny it was a circus"; "the whole occasion had a carnival atmosphere"