Jubilate

 WORD OF THE DAY

jubilate / verb / JOO-buh-layt

Definition

1: rejoice

2a: the 100th Psalm in the King James Version

2b (not capitalized): a joyous song or outburst

3: the third Sunday after Easter

Examples

"If the Yankees were in no mood to watch the Red Sox jubilate, a glance at the scoreboard didn't help matters." 

— Billy Witz, The New York Times, 21 Sept. 2018

A medical researcher too committed to his work to pause and jubilate even upon hearing that he had won the Nobel Prize.

Did You Know?

When things are going your way, you may want to shout for joy—or to jubilate. 

The joyful source of jubilate is Latin jubilare, which means "to shout for joy."