🇬🇧 Carol meaning: English Vocabulary Flash Card

To carol means to sing cheerful songs in a loud, joyful way, usually with other people. People often carol by going from house to house singing Christmas songs to spread happiness and holiday cheer.

We went outside to carol, but I accidentally started caroling the alphabet song instead of a Christmas song.

We carol so loudly in the car that other drivers think our car is a very confused concert hall on wheels.

My little brother loves to carol, but he only knows the words “la la la,” so every song sounds the same.

We carol so badly that the snowman outside put mittens over his own coal ears.

People often carol door to door at Christmas to spread cheer—and possibly to see how much hot chocolate they can collect in one night.

At dusk a small group came to the quiet street to carol. Children carol loudly under warm lights, their coats bright; an old man opened his door and began to carol with them. The dog barked, then sat and seemed to carol along. Neighbors joined, faces soft; together they carol and share hot cocoa, smiling.

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This word is at the C2 level, which means it represents the highest mastery of English. It’s often used in specialized or highly formal contexts and helps you communicate with precision and subtlety, much like a native speaker.

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