Definitions
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
holiday .
Etymologies
Sorry, no etymologies found.
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word holidayed.
Examples
-
Frantically pointing at the TV screen, which displayed a route map, the terrified teen noted we were over France and told the air hostess she needed to inform the captain that we could safely divert and make an emergency landing in some area of the French countryside that he seemed to know very well as he'd holidayed there the previous summer with some Etonian chums.
Kim Carillo: The Day Prince William's Pal Held My Husband's Hand and Other In-Flight Shockers Kim Carillo 2011
-
Frantically pointing at the TV screen, which displayed a route map, the terrified teen noted we were over France and told the air hostess she needed to inform the captain that we could safely divert and make an emergency landing in some area of the French countryside that he seemed to know very well as he'd holidayed there the previous summer with some Etonian chums.
Kim Carillo: The Day Prince William's Pal Held My Husband's Hand and Other In-Flight Shockers Kim Carillo 2011
-
Gwyneth Paltrow got married here, Audrey Hepburn, Lucille Ball and Vivien Leigh holidayed here, Jackie O shared her honeymoon with JFK here.
Louise Roe: San Ysidro Ranch, Cali's Most Stylish A-list Hideaway Louise Roe 2012
-
It was a favour returned for Spears as Gibson vocally supported her during her own custody battles and the two even holidayed in Costa Rica in 2008 after her spell in a psychiatric facility.
Danny Dyer's revealed he was pals with Pinter. An odd couple, but look at these James Donaghy 2010
-
As the Indian-born journalist Mihir Bose once tartly observed, "he had initially agreed to tour while gazing at Richards as they holidayed together in Antigua".
-
Alas for Adolf, war broke out in 1939 before any Nazi faithful holidayed there, and after a spell housing East German soldiers during the cold war, the stupendously ugly set of buildings were left to rot for 20 years.
Without tourists, Berlin is stuffed. But try telling that to the angry natives | Helen Pidd 2011
-
Gwyneth Paltrow got married here, Audrey Hepburn, Lucille Ball and Vivien Leigh holidayed here, Jackie O shared her honeymoon with JFK here.
Louise Roe: San Ysidro Ranch, Cali's Most Stylish A-list Hideaway Louise Roe 2012
-
I visualized the earrings reflecting light on the wearer's elegant features as she (perhaps) holidayed in St Tropez or entertained on her private island (a man can dream).
Anton Heunis: Real Women Anton Heunis 2011
-
In Gascony, where my family holidayed, this was typical of my parents: it wasn't remotely near the sea, none of our friends had heard of it, and there was absolutely nothing to do except eat – the best places have either closed, or are on their knees.
-
Last year I holidayed in Paris and Provence and am hoping to go again next year.
Comments
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.