Thesaurus results for HOOTENANNIES

hootenannies

noun

plural of hootenanny

as in sings

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Noun

Young Hindoyan was particularly captivated by Jascha Heifetz’s violin sound and by the codas in every first movement of Bruckner’s symphonies.

— Tim Greiving, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2026
For more than a half-century, the multivenue complex has featured world-class symphonies, operas, dance and theater performances, along with education programs.

— E. Andrew Taylor, The Conversation, 25 Sep. 2026

Definition of symphonies

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National election days in the United States of America are biennial festivals of noise over signal.

— Ben Smith, semafor.com, 3 Nov. 2026
Atkins continued to tour and play prominent festivals like Detroit’s Movement and Amsterdam’s Dekmantel, often with his daughter, the musician Milan Ariel Atkins.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 2 Nov. 2026

Definition of festivals

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Ariel’s reaction to King Triton blowing up all her thingamabobs is understandable.

— Lincee Ray, Entertainment Weekly, 25 June 2026
But where barrel jeans play with proportions and cuts, these pants are more about doohickeys and thingamabobs, straps, flaps, and pulleys.

— Sam Reed, Glamour, 10 Oct. 2025

Definition of thingamabobs

Noun

Food is simple but high quality, with a range of delicious jams, fresh pastries, yogurts, and granola.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 5 Nov. 2026
There have been persistent paper jams at one location, and another location is having a power issue that has raised concerns about data corruption.

— Kathryn Watson, CBS News, 3 Nov. 2026

Definition of jams

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There’s an amulet (one of those glowing doohickeys the fate of the cosmos hangs on), and your heart may sink every time someone starts chattering about it.

— Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 6 May 2026
Co-writes from Brandi Carlile and vocals from Chris Stapleton can’t save it; the choruses can’t muster up the old dopamine hits; even the trademark Dessner doohickeys seem absent, just uninspired arrangements with heavily Melodyned vocals.

— Hannah Jocelyn, Pitchfork, 20 Feb. 2026

Definition of doohickeys

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At the center of Aurora’s local ballot is a referendum question asking voters whether the city should adopt mechanisms that would allow a sitting mayor to be recalled before their term expires.

— Denise Crosby, Chicago Tribune, 1 Nov. 2026
Klum was inside pulling specific mechanisms to make the hand move.

— Kara Nesvig, Allure, 1 Nov. 2026

Definition of mechanisms

Noun

However, a medical case report published this week offers a new and alarming way our digital doodads may cause physical harm.

— Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 10 Sep. 2026
In many ways, these doodads seem like an offshoot of the ongoing craze for NeeDoh squish toys, which likewise offer the comforts of the stress ball and vital early lessons in consumerism.

— Jessica Winter, New Yorker, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of doodads

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