Thesaurus results for DRINKING SONG

drinking song

noun

as in fight song

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Recent Examples of drinking song This joyous drinking song begins with pep before slowing down and giving the musicians room to stretch out. —

Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 2 Dec. 2025 Ahead of his Fort Worth show, Myers spoke by phone with the Star-Telegram about his musical inspirations, growing up on a cattle ranch, and writing drinking songs at 17. —

Stefan Stevenson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 20 Mar. 2025 May 15, 2024 The pub, long known as a hangout for musicians, initially featured Irish troubadours performing drinking songs and traditional Irish ditties. —

Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 21 June 2024 Toby Keith, a former rodeo hand, oil rigger and semipro football player who became a rowdy king of country music, singing patriotic anthems, wry drinking songs and propulsive odes to cowboy culture that collectively sold more than 40 million records, died Feb. 5 at 62. —

Washington Post Staff, Washington Post, 6 Feb. 2024 Over the course of the show, the men’s bravado—on display in boisterous bar scenes, complete with drinking songs and a fistfight with British airmen—fades into shellshocked resignation as more of their friends fail to return from missions. —

Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 Jan. 2024

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Noun

The Notre Dame fight song became our anthem — a reflection of his proud Irish Catholic roots and his belief that his players should see themselves on stages far larger than a high school field.

— Mario DiLoreto, Hartford Courant, 18 Feb. 2026
For decades the old guard has held the line in the South, but the drumbeat of change grew like a fight song on a college football field.

— Rob Picheta, CNN Money, 7 Feb. 2026