Thesaurus results for HOOTENANNIES

hootenannies

noun

plural of hootenanny

as in sings

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Young Hindoyan was particularly captivated by Jascha Heifetz’s violin sound and by the codas in every first movement of Bruckner’s symphonies.

— Tim Greiving, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2026
For more than a half-century, the multivenue complex has featured world-class symphonies, operas, dance and theater performances, along with education programs.

— E. Andrew Taylor, The Conversation, 25 Sep. 2026

Definition of symphonies

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Born in Pamplona, Spain, in 1951, Bergasa was known for his black-and-white documentary photographs of rural festivals and rituals at risk of erasure.

— Devorah Lauter, ARTnews.com, 26 Oct. 2026
The founding festivals of the Academy were Sarajevo Film Festival, Zagreb Film Festival and the Auteur Film Festival in Belgrade.

— Leo Barraclough, Variety, 26 Oct. 2026

Definition of festivals

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Ariel’s reaction to King Triton blowing up all her thingamabobs is understandable.

— Lincee Ray, Entertainment Weekly, 25 June 2026
But where barrel jeans play with proportions and cuts, these pants are more about doohickeys and thingamabobs, straps, flaps, and pulleys.

— Sam Reed, Glamour, 10 Oct. 2025

Definition of thingamabobs

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The 154-minute live concert film spans hits, deep cuts and extended jams.

— Jem Aswad, Variety, 29 Oct. 2026
Where Bikini Kill’s raw, aggressive, discordant tunes subvert gender expectations imposed on women, Uppity’s sincere and introspective jams refute the self-defeating emotional sterility that patriarchy demands from men.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 26 Oct. 2026

Definition of jams

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There’s an amulet (one of those glowing doohickeys the fate of the cosmos hangs on), and your heart may sink every time someone starts chattering about it.

— Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 6 May 2026
Co-writes from Brandi Carlile and vocals from Chris Stapleton can’t save it; the choruses can’t muster up the old dopamine hits; even the trademark Dessner doohickeys seem absent, just uninspired arrangements with heavily Melodyned vocals.

— Hannah Jocelyn, Pitchfork, 20 Feb. 2026

Definition of doohickeys

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All Googlebooks have a metal chassis, and while most include hinge mechanisms beneath their touchpads, the Lenovo Googlebook has haptic motors beneath the touchpads to simulate the clicking sensation.

— Joe Osborne, PC Magazine, 24 Oct. 2026
Peptides tinker with the body’s fundamental mechanisms for growth, healing, and inflammation, which can lead to a cancerous overgrowth of tissue and trigger immune problems in some people.

— Gavin Francis, The New York Review of Books, 24 Oct. 2026

Definition of mechanisms

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However, a medical case report published this week offers a new and alarming way our digital doodads may cause physical harm.

— Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 10 Sep. 2026
In many ways, these doodads seem like an offshoot of the ongoing craze for NeeDoh squish toys, which likewise offer the comforts of the stress ball and vital early lessons in consumerism.

— Jessica Winter, New Yorker, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of doodads

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