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hoedowns

noun

plural of hoedown
as in festivals

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  1. festivals
  2. festivities
  3. celebrations
  4. soirees
  5. dances
  6. blowouts
  7. masquerades
  8. receptions
Noun
  • The Global Wellness Institute’s 2026 outlook explicitly bundles sober morning raves with multi-day wellness festivals.
    — Ashley Lynch, Miami Herald, 21 Sep. 2026
  • The film world premiered at TIFF in 2025 and then went on to screen in a more than a dozen film festivals including BFI London, Malmo and the Red Sea International Film Festival.
    — Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 21 Sep. 2026
Definition of festivals
Noun
  • At one point during the festivities, DJ Pee Wee (aka Anderson Paak, Mars’ opening act) took over the turntables inside the vinyl booth to hype up the crowd even more.
    — Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 22 Sep. 2026
  • In the midst of the festivities, among a crowd of bookish faculty and graduate students, Annie and Wendy convinced an overheated newspaper photographer who’d been sent to cover the event to abandon his turtleneck.
    — Robert P. Baird, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2026
Definition of festivities
Noun
  • It is celebrated not only as an overnight accommodation, but also as a romantic location for weddings and other celebrations.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 26 Sep. 2026
  • The dinner capped a long, but friendly, day of meetings and celebrations, as the world’s two most powerful leaders seek to settle trade differences while simultaneously thawing the icy relationship between the United States and China.
    — Christian Datoc, The Washington Examiner, 25 Sep. 2026
Definition of celebrations
Noun
  • Events range from film festivals and art exhibitions to corporate retreats, venture capital soirees, and cultural performances.
    — Doug Melville, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026
  • The Gelmans fraternized with Mexico’s bohemian avant-garde and hosted soirees at opulent residences in Mexico and New York.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 14 July 2026
Definition of soirees
Noun
  • But Khan also wanted a viewer to be able to track the emotional journey of Maya and her best friend Anjali (Priyanka Kedia) through the dances alone.
    — Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 18 Sep. 2026
  • There his life was devoid of high school hallmarks such as mingling and dating women, dances and learning about the world through pop culture.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of dances
Noun
  • Those in the middle—think type 2 waves and type 3 curls—with thicker hair are the most likely to achieve the bouncy, shiny blowouts found all over Instagram (and Airsmooth marketing materials).
    — Eden Stuart, Allure, 22 Sep. 2026
  • This team’s confidence needs to remain uplifted, but that’s going to be monumental task to manage if the blowouts begin the pile up.
    — Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 20 Sep. 2026
Definition of blowouts
Noun
  • That kind of cynicism is cheap and facile and masquerades as intelligence and erudition.
    — Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 9 Sep. 2026
  • Some involve wild proportions—one client masquerades as a Moko Jumbie (stilt-walking dancer).
    — Clare Coulson, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 Sep. 2026
Definition of masquerades
Noun
  • Harrison led the Cardinals in touchdown receptions with eight as a rookie in 2024 and finished second in total targets with 116.
    — Mark Harris OutKick, FOXNews.com, 22 Sep. 2026
  • Receivers Asaad Waseem and Xavier Townsend combined for 14 receptions, 311 yards and two touchdowns.
    — Connor Dullinger, Los Angeles Times, 21 Sep. 2026
Definition of receptions
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“Hoedowns.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hoedowns. Accessed 27 Sep. 2026.

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