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Recent Examples of hootenanny
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band's legacy showcased at the Mother Church
The two hours that the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band played onstage felt like part Grand Ole Opry episode, part hootenanny and part blistering psychedelic rock concert.
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Marcus K. Dowling, The Tennessean, 11 Nov. 2024
But Stapleton’s ability to make a giant concrete edifice seem like an intimate hootenanny with just an acoustic guitar and his deeply expressive voice was a rare accomplishment.
—George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Mar. 2024
Some were these churlish rock records, others hootenanny folk records, bluegrass/country standards with Mac Wiseman.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 10 Oct. 2023
Launched in 2002, atop a mountain just off the Blue Ridge Parkway in southwestern Virginia, FloydFest grew from a grassroots backyard hootenanny to one of the premier independent music festivals in the country, attracting upwards of 20,000 attendees annually.
—Garret K. Woodward, Rolling Stone, 29 Mar. 2023
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Marcus K. Dowling, The Tennessean, 11 Nov. 2024
But Stapleton’s ability to make a giant concrete edifice seem like an intimate hootenanny with just an acoustic guitar and his deeply expressive voice was a rare accomplishment.
—George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Mar. 2024
Some were these churlish rock records, others hootenanny folk records, bluegrass/country standards with Mac Wiseman.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 10 Oct. 2023
Launched in 2002, atop a mountain just off the Blue Ridge Parkway in southwestern Virginia, FloydFest grew from a grassroots backyard hootenanny to one of the premier independent music festivals in the country, attracting upwards of 20,000 attendees annually.
—Garret K. Woodward, Rolling Stone, 29 Mar. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hootenanny
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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
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Shot in 2021, the film apparently featured a crew of Ukrainian gangsters as the henchmen of Hugh Grant’s billionaire arms dealer antagonist, Greg Simmonds (who is brokering the thingamajig deal).—
Katie Walsh,
Los Angeles Times,
3 Mar. 2023
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Companion, meanwhile, quickly makes clear what a dingus Josh is; the film seems uninterested in deeper character study, instead just generating turns aplenty to keep up the momentum.—
David Sims,
The Atlantic,
3 Feb. 2025
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Don’t let some emotionally immature dingus shake you.—
Ashlyn Robinette,
People.com,
9 Dec. 2024
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After a jam session, Ralphs left Mott the Hoople and formed Bad Company with Rodgers, Kirke and King Crimson bassist/vocalist Boz Burrell.—
Marina Watts,
People.com,
23 June 2025
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At dawn, drummers and musicians gather on the steps of the amphitheatre and greet the earliest sunrise of the year with a grassroots jam session.—
Corey Buhay,
Outside Online,
19 June 2025
Noun
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Some mechanisms deliver power to either your bicycle’s rear or front hub.—
Michael Venutolo-Mantovani,
Wired News,
20 June 2025
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One of the most important, if not the most important, mechanism for protecting human rights in Europe, the ECHR has come in for much criticism in recent years as it has often been seen to stay the hands of European governments looking to deport people without full due process.—
Frey Lindsay,
Forbes.com,
20 June 2025
Noun
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In fact, one of my abiding pleasures in life is finding small but transformative thingamabobs—frivolous and not at all necessary items that don’t cost much but can make life a bit sparklier, a bit easier, or just a bit sillier.—
Rachel Syme,
The New Yorker,
26 Nov. 2024
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Want to make a new crypto, or a new crypto thingamabob?—
Clem Chambers,
Forbes,
26 Sep. 2024
Noun
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The church annually has a songfest following Dec. 25, which actually begins the Christmas season, but this one will honor the Rev. Wally Hyclak, who is retiring Jan. 1.—
cleveland,
cleveland,
13 Dec. 2019
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The songfest began with the women introducing themselves by singing out their names.—
Dennis Hohenberger,
Courant Community,
29 May 2018
Noun
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Friends emerge from the weekend with a lot of hickeys.—
Olivia B. Waxman,
Time,
10 Apr. 2025
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Here are some tricks for how to remove a hickey beyond the old scarf or turtleneck trick.—
Lindsey Ellefson,
Glamour,
28 Dec. 2024
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And the jam—of course, the jam: the product As ever is perhaps most known for is back, but not in the raspberry flavor that was sold in April.—
Rachel Burchfield,
Forbes.com,
20 June 2025
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Products in As ever’s first ever drop included flower sprinkles, cookies, jam and more.—
Kirsty Hatcher,
People.com,
20 June 2025
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“Hootenanny.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hootenanny. Accessed 3 Jul. 2025.
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