hootenanny

noun

Definition of hootenannynext
1
as in sing

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2
as in thingamajig

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Recent Examples of hootenanny High-tech met high-proof hootenanny, and nobody looked back. — Bob Bonniol, Rolling Stone, 13 Aug. 2025 After over 40 years in Utah, the indie cinema hootenanny had inked a 10-year contract with the Beehive State’s next-door neighbor in hopes of renewal and evolution. — Dominic Patten, Deadline, 28 Mar. 2025 According to Wald, the first time Dylan is on stage in front of a really big crowd is at a Pete Seeger hootenanny, in which Seeger brought a number of young performers onstage. — Olivia B. Waxman, TIME, 25 Dec. 2024 In Jackson Hole, the Bar-T 5 Covered Wagon Cookout & Show transports guests in covered wagons to an alfresco meal accompanied by a hootenanny, an homage to campfire singalongs. — Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 14 Sep. 2020 See All Example Sentences for hootenanny
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hootenanny
  1. jam session
  2. thingamajig
  3. songfest
  4. dingus
  5. jam
  6. mechanism
  7. ceilidh
  8. thingamabob
Noun
  • There was a jam session during cocktail hour, with music stations around the redwoods with instruments for people to pick up and play with each other.
    — Ashlyn Robinette, PEOPLE, 23 Aug. 2026
  • The drummer was running a weekly jam session at Augie’s, an Upper West Side jazz spot that’s now home to Smoke Jazz Club.
    — Andrew Gilbert, Mercury News, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of jam session
Noun
  • And this doesn’t include the little four-facial-expression thingamajigs in airport restrooms that ask you to rank cleanliness by touching them.
    — Phil Wahba, Fortune, 28 Dec. 2025
  • Lenovo’s claim appears to be that the Legion 9i can fully cool itself with this method, no thingamajig needed.
    — Monica Chin, The Verge, 1 Sep. 2023
Definition of thingamajig
Noun
  • As with other global cultural events, such as the Venice Biennale currently underway in Italy, the glittery annual songfest is intended as a display of goodwill and togetherness between nations.
    — Chloe Veltman, NPR, 16 May 2026
  • The songfest began with the women introducing themselves by singing out their names.
    — Dennis Hohenberger, Courant Community, 29 May 2018
Definition of songfest
Noun
  • Of course that virtue signaling dingus, RJ, did not send a picture of his lawn….
    — Joe Kinsey OutKick, FOXNews.com, 14 July 2026
  • Here, this happily deluded dingus is played by a modern master of the type, David Cross.
    — Sara Holdren, Vulture, 17 Dec. 2025
Definition of dingus
Noun
  • Padres closer Mason Miller allowed two baserunners and barely escaped a ninth-inning jam while facing his hometown team on his 28th birthday.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 25 Aug. 2026
  • As on the age-old original, the first half of the six-minute track was sweeping in its use of orchestral augmentation, and then the second half put aside both strings and vocals to turn into a pure band jam.
    — Chris Willman, Variety, 24 Aug. 2026
Definition of jam
Noun
  • View gallery - 4 images For decades, the recipe for a premium folding bicycle has been to engineer a smart hinge mechanism, choose your metal and fire up the welding torch.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 29 Aug. 2026
  • The mechanism is worth understanding because oil is particularly susceptible to it.
    — Robert Rapier, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2026
Definition of mechanism
Noun
  • This evolved into a new wave of ceilidh pride — from rural Scots to the diaspora in New York and Melbourne — with TikTok users reimagining traditional dance culture through a modern electronic lens.
    — Lucy Maguire, Vogue, 23 Oct. 2025
  • Apparently the best and prettiest dancer gets chosen, but the only thing Ellen really cares about is that Brian also makes his way into the ceilidh and winds up her temporary partner during the group dance.
    — Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 29 Aug. 2025
Definition of ceilidh
Noun
  • Ariel’s reaction to King Triton blowing up all her thingamabobs is understandable.
    — Lincee Ray, Entertainment Weekly, 25 June 2026
  • Wicks ends up dead, stabbed in the back with a sinister-looking thingamabob.
    — Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 12 Dec. 2025
Definition of thingamabob

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