Hootenanny

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  hootenanny \hoot"en*an*ny\ n.
     1. An informal social gathering or concert featuring mostly
        folk songs, sometimes dancing, and where the audience
        often participates in the singing. [PJC]
  
     2. Same as {whatchamacallit}; a thingumbob. [Obsolescent,


        chiefly dial.]
        [PJC]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  53 Moby Thesaurus words for "hootenanny":
     affair, article, artifact, choral service, dingus, dofunny,
     dohickey, dojigger, dojiggy, domajig, domajigger, doodad, dowhacky,
     eisteddfod, eppes, etwas, farewell performance, flumadiddle,
     folk-music festival, folk-sing, gadget, gigamaree, gimmick, gizmo,
     hickey, hootmalalie, jam session, jigger, material thing,
     music festival, musicale, object, opera festival, quelque chose,
     rock festival, service of song, sing, sing-in, singfest, singing,
     something, swan song, thing, thingum, thingumabob, thingumadad,
     thingumadoodle, thingumajig, thingumajigger, thingumaree,
     thingummy, whatchy, widget