hoedown

noun

Definition of hoedownnext
as in celebration

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Recent Examples of hoedown Events are planned throughout the week for guests, including hoedowns with live music, guided stargazing, and hayrides. — Cynthia J Drake, Southern Living, 25 July 2024 For those of us who can’t keep up with the line dance at the hoedown, Ms. Carter said, Here’s some hip-hop beats for y’all to shake ass on the dance floor. — Zoe Guy, Vulture, 4 Apr. 2024 Friends made the party their own personal hoedown Saturday at the Irving, Texas, hookah lounge. — Char Adams, NBC News, 1 Apr. 2024 The time was 1951, and the place was Ottawa, where the woman was attending a hoedown at the home of Canada’s governor general. — Margalit Fox, New York Times, 4 Mar. 2024 See All Example Sentences for hoedown
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hoedown
  1. soiree
  2. festival
  3. square dance
  4. gala
  5. blowout
  6. reception
  7. dance
  8. fete
Noun
  • Olivia Wilde, Julia Fox, Kendall Jenner and more embraced the style for the Vanity Fair soiree.
    — Renan Botelho, WWD, 3 Mar. 2025
  • The consensus from the group: The tournament, the NHL’s first soiree in international best-on-best hockey in nearly a decade, did its job.
    — Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 22 Feb. 2025
Definition of soiree
Noun
  • Combs is the Windy City festival’s first-ever country closer, while TWICE is the first K-pop girl group to headline.
    — Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 18 Mar. 2025
  • Bodhi Tree also will participate in the Music en la Calle festival from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, June 14, in City Heights.
    — La Jolla Light, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Mar. 2025
Definition of festival
Noun
  • This new child eats, breathes and sleeps, all on you and your public-school education prepares you by teaching you how to square dance.
    — Daniella Gray, Newsweek, 14 Mar. 2025
  • Another dealer told me that there is talk that some collectors, still feeling the fatigue from last year’s hectic fair calendar and auction square dance, are using the fires as an excuse to skip a fair that some see as less important than its East Coast counterparts.
    — Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 19 Feb. 2025
Definition of square dance
Noun
  • Meanwhile, Nicola Coughlan supports Bowen Yang at The Wedding Banquet opening gala in London, and Pedro Pascal looks as handsome as ever in Oakland, California.
    — Alexandra Schonfeld, People.com, 20 Mar. 2025
  • The evening will also include a performance by Duran Duran, marking their return to the gala for the first time since 2013.
    — Marc Malkin, Variety, 19 Mar. 2025
Definition of gala
Noun
  • This game was a blowout from start to finish with the Jaguars caught in a crossfire hurricane.
    — Patrick Saunders, The Denver Post, 12 Mar. 2025
  • March may bring more of the same Bitcoin could return to pre-election levels after this week’s selloff, says Wolfe Coinbase just reported a blowout fourth quarter.
    — Tanaya Macheel, CNBC, 10 Mar. 2025
Definition of blowout
Noun
  • The exhibition will open to the public at 2 p.m. on Sunday, March 30, with a reception in the Edith Farnsworth House Visitor Center and Barnsworth Gallery.
    — Aurora Beacon-News, Chicago Tribune, 21 Mar. 2025
  • Exacerbating the situation is the film’s tepid reception by critics with more negative reviews than positive ones.
    — Tim Lammers, Forbes, 21 Mar. 2025
Definition of reception
Noun
  • Choreographer Tanisha Scott, who has worked with Rihanna, Drake and Beyoncé, created Pascal’s dance moves, supported by an ensemble of backup dancers.
    — Todd Spangler, Variety, 18 Mar. 2025
  • Billboard’s Dance Moves roundup serves as a guide to the biggest movers and shakers across Billboard’s many dance charts — new No. 1s, new top 10s, first-timers and more.
    — Xander Zellner, Billboard, 18 Mar. 2025
Definition of dance
Noun
  • Part of the honor is attributable to the Academy’s recent willingness to fete independent filmmakers, who are more likely to wear many hats on a project; indeed, Emilia Pérez director Jacques Audiard was nominated four times this year too.
    — Steven Zeitchik, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 Mar. 2025
  • Even The White Lotus producers shot a scene from the island's famous fete for an upcoming episode.
    — Lauren Mowery, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2025
Definition of fete

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