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单词 hootenanny
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Definition of hootenanny in English:

hootenanny

nounPlural hootenanniesˈhuːt(ə)ˌnaniˈhutnˌæni
US informal
  • An informal gathering with folk music.

    〈非正式,主美〉民歌歌会

    we invited friends to a hootenanny in our backyard
    as modifier hootenanny numbers
    Example sentencesExamples
    • I soon ingratiated myself and we had a hootenanny.
    • While the presence of kazoos in the musical score indicates a perilously high level of zaniness, this hootenanny is worth a visit.
    • So it's with a leaden heart that I find myself at the King's for my two daughters' annual hootenanny - Aladdin.
    • And unlike the preceding White Album, the jumbled juxtaposition of forms - faux-blues toss-offs, stately piano ballads, folkie hootenannies - feels less like a band overflowing with inspired ideas than one running out of them.
    • Also retro and old enough to have been there are Ray Condo and his Ricochets, bringing their hillbilly hootenanny to the Jello Bar on July 10.
    • This is how The Boggs refer to their brand of hipster hootenanny, a sort of an art-punk for the early 20th century.
    • It feels like a hootenanny, which is probably why Waters went for it after all, giving it the official ‘Yeah, yeah, sure, sure.’
    • Music lovers spent less time getting together for hootenannies on the porch or jam sessions around a piano.
    • Synths, banjo, trumpet, and anything else found around the studio gets thrown in, creating the feeling of some sort of strange, postmodern hootenanny.
    • Publicans have requested late licences, and the biggest hootenanny the locality has seen is expected if Inveraray bring home the ancient trophy.
    • I realized that a lot of my songs were singalong quality, and yeah, I can get out there and have a hootenanny vibe.
    • First, I placed dozens of garden gnomes on the balcony to deter enemy racoon movements, then spikes were installed on the rooftop to put a end to the animal hootenanny taking place.
    • Performing a live version of ‘Don't Think Twice, It's Alright,’ Elliott tells a story about the first time he sang it at a hootenanny in New York, with Dylan in the audience.
    • We're only a trio so we can't have a hootenanny, but I'd settle for a shindig.
    • In fact, standing on stage at the TLA, they look like Christian church camp counselors organizing a hootenanny in the mess hall.
    • A few more pets and their owners were visiting and it turned into a bit of a Norwich Terrier hootenanny, as the photo below will demonstrate (in a static, on-the-lead kind of way; Millie is second from the right).
    • Televised sporting event parties are not like the classic, high school drunken rage hootenannies you may be accustomed to.
    • We stand amid the swirl of Calgary's G8 welcome party, a $300,000 miniature rodeo and western hootenanny for international delegates, accredited media and local VIPs.
    • Each catchphrase and satirical swipe is met with evangelical enthusiasm, and while the hootenanny lasts, the spell of The Simpsons is absolutely transportive.
    • The annual Hogmanay hootenanny on Princes Street has shown that we breed men who can wear short-sleeved shirts despite flurries of snow, and girls who can keep on dancing even as their legs turn blue.

Origin

1920s (originally US, denoting a gadget or 'thingummy'): of unknown origin.

Definition of hootenanny in US English:

hootenanny

nounˈho͞otnˌanēˈhutnˌæni
US informal
  • An informal gathering with folk music and sometimes dancing.

    〈非正式,主美〉民歌歌会

    we invited friends to a hootenanny in our backyard
    as modifier hootenanny numbers
    Example sentencesExamples
    • We're only a trio so we can't have a hootenanny, but I'd settle for a shindig.
    • In fact, standing on stage at the TLA, they look like Christian church camp counselors organizing a hootenanny in the mess hall.
    • Music lovers spent less time getting together for hootenannies on the porch or jam sessions around a piano.
    • A few more pets and their owners were visiting and it turned into a bit of a Norwich Terrier hootenanny, as the photo below will demonstrate (in a static, on-the-lead kind of way; Millie is second from the right).
    • Televised sporting event parties are not like the classic, high school drunken rage hootenannies you may be accustomed to.
    • This is how The Boggs refer to their brand of hipster hootenanny, a sort of an art-punk for the early 20th century.
    • I soon ingratiated myself and we had a hootenanny.
    • First, I placed dozens of garden gnomes on the balcony to deter enemy racoon movements, then spikes were installed on the rooftop to put a end to the animal hootenanny taking place.
    • And unlike the preceding White Album, the jumbled juxtaposition of forms - faux-blues toss-offs, stately piano ballads, folkie hootenannies - feels less like a band overflowing with inspired ideas than one running out of them.
    • The annual Hogmanay hootenanny on Princes Street has shown that we breed men who can wear short-sleeved shirts despite flurries of snow, and girls who can keep on dancing even as their legs turn blue.
    • We stand amid the swirl of Calgary's G8 welcome party, a $300,000 miniature rodeo and western hootenanny for international delegates, accredited media and local VIPs.
    • While the presence of kazoos in the musical score indicates a perilously high level of zaniness, this hootenanny is worth a visit.
    • Also retro and old enough to have been there are Ray Condo and his Ricochets, bringing their hillbilly hootenanny to the Jello Bar on July 10.
    • Each catchphrase and satirical swipe is met with evangelical enthusiasm, and while the hootenanny lasts, the spell of The Simpsons is absolutely transportive.
    • I realized that a lot of my songs were singalong quality, and yeah, I can get out there and have a hootenanny vibe.
    • Synths, banjo, trumpet, and anything else found around the studio gets thrown in, creating the feeling of some sort of strange, postmodern hootenanny.
    • It feels like a hootenanny, which is probably why Waters went for it after all, giving it the official ‘Yeah, yeah, sure, sure.’
    • Publicans have requested late licences, and the biggest hootenanny the locality has seen is expected if Inveraray bring home the ancient trophy.
    • Performing a live version of ‘Don't Think Twice, It's Alright,’ Elliott tells a story about the first time he sang it at a hootenanny in New York, with Dylan in the audience.
    • So it's with a leaden heart that I find myself at the King's for my two daughters' annual hootenanny - Aladdin.

Origin

1920s (originally US, denoting a gadget or ‘thingummy’): of unknown origin.

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