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Informal folk-singing performance
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hootenanny
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Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Hootenanny is an album by the bluegrass band Country Gentlemen , recorded in 1963.
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 (context obsolete English) A placeholder word for a nonspecific or forgotten thing ''(see thingamajig, whatchamacallit)'' 2 An informal, festive performance by folk singers, often including audience participation with the use of acoustic instruments. ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"informal session of folk musicians," 1940, American English, earlier "a gadget" (1927), of unknown origin, perhaps a nonsense word.\n\nAnother device used by the professional car thief, and one recently developed to perfection, according to a large Chicago ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
hootenanny \hoot"en*an*ny\ n. An informal social gathering or concert featuring mostly folk songs, sometimes dancing, and where the audience often participates in the singing. [PJC] Same as whatchamacallit ; a thingumbob. [Obsolescent, chiefly dial.]
Usage examples of hootenanny.
I thought we could hang around and have a hootenanny afterward, to celebrate.
They would start out by playing hootenannies at the Gaslight or the Wha?
And I saw him awkwardly perform several folk tunes and work songs in some hootenannies onstage throughout the early sixties.
A folkie, but not the blunk-blunk banjo kind who used to show up on Hootenanny.