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Definition: Jamboree |
JamboreeNoun1. A gay festivity. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "jamboree" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1906. (references) |
Synonyms: JamboreeSynonyms: blowout (n), gala (n), gala affair (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Amusement | Festivity, merrymaking; party; (social gathering); blowout, hullabaloo, hoedown, bat, bum, bust, clambake, donation party, fish fry, jamboree, kantikoy, nautch, randy, squantum, tear, Turnerfest, yule log; fete, festival, gala, ridotto; revels, revelry, reveling; carnival, brawl, saturnalia, high jinks; feast, banquet; (food); regale, symposium, wassail; carouse, carousal; jollification, junket, wake, Irish wake, picnic, fete champetre, regatta, field day; treat. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Jamboree |
| Non-English Usage: "Jamboree" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. French (jamboree), German (jamboree), Manx (jamboree), Romanian (jamboree), Swedish (jamboree). |
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Lyrics | Them country folks they had a jamboree (Rock'n'Roll Music; performing artist: Chuck Berry) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Jamboree `66 (1966) Windy City Jamboree (1950) That Texas Jamboree (1946) Melody Master Bands: Dixieland Jamboree (1946) Laff Jamboree (1945) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | ![]() | Jazz Jamboree 71--International 14th Festival, Warsaw, October 28-30, 1971 / Tomasewski. Credit: Library of Congress. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| "Jamboree" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 95.35% of the time. "Jamboree" is used about 43 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 95.35% | 41 | 53,521 |
| Noun (proper) | 4.65% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Total | 100.00% | 43 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
1. Jamboree, KY |
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| Language | Translations for "jamboree"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | orgjioj, gaz (cheer, cheerfulness, exhilaration, fluid, fume, gaiety, gas, glee, jocularity, jocundity, jollity, joviality, joy, liveliness, merriment, merriness, mirth, rattle, rollick, sunshine, tittup, waggery), festë (conviviality, do, feast day, festival, fete, fete day, fiesta, holiday, party, red letter day, soiree), argëtim (amusement, cabaret, dissipation, distraction, diversion, divertissement, entertainment, fun, merriment, merrymaking, pastime, ploy, razzle-dazzle, recreation, relaxation, revel, rollick, sport, sporting, spree, tittup). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | معسكر الكشاف, الجمبوري مهرجان قومي دولي, إحتفال صاخب مخمور (carousal, carouse). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | събор (congregation), гуляй (bat, bend, bender, binge, blowout, bout, bum, carouse, drinking bout, feed, junket, racket, randan, rant, rattle, razzle, razzle-dazzle, revel, revelry, rouse, soak, spree, tear, wassail), джамборе на скаути (camporee), джамборе. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | veselice, veselá spoleènost, mezinárodní skautský sjezd. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | مجمع پیشاهنگان , خوشی (Bliss, Cheer, Curvet, Delight, Felicity, Gala, Glee, Gust, Hilarity, Jollification, Jollity, Joviality, Joy, Joyance, Lark, Mirth, Paradise, Pleasure, Ploy, Splurge, Spree), جمبوری . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | jamboree, réjouissances, grand rassemblement, festivités. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Gaudi (fun). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | γλέντι (carousal, carouse, conviviality, festivity, jollification, junket, junketing, lark, merry making, reception, revelry, shindig, shindy, spree, wassail), ξεφάντωμα (carousal, partying, razzle, revelry), τζαμπορί. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | ''מבורי. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | dzsembori, cserkésztáborozás (camporee), cserkészkongresszus. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | jambore. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | festino (festival, party), festa (Bank holiday, binge, celebration, do, feast, festival, festivity, fete, gaudy, holiday, holifay, party), baldoria (bacchanal, binge, carouse, good time, jollification, merriment, merrymaking, razzle-dazzle, revel, reveling, revelling, revelry, spree). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | ジャンプ競技 (deuce, dugong, genre, jewel, jewelry, joule, Juglar cycle, juice, juicer, juju music, juke-box, jumbo, jumbo-jet, jumbo-size, June bride, junior, junior welter, ski jumping, soft drink). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | ジャンボリー . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | jamboree. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | amboreejay reunião de escoteiros, diversão (dissipation, diversion, divertissement, entertainment, excursion, fun, gaiety, game, jollity, merriment, merry-making, pastime, play, recreation, revel, spoof, sport, spree), comemoração (commemoration, memory, solemnization). (various references) jamboree, veselie (animation, blitheness, blithesomeness, cheerfulness, conviviality, exultation, feast, festival, festivity, fiskiness, fling, gaiety, gale, geniality, gladness, great spirits, high spirits, hilarity, jauntiness, jocoseness, jocundity, jollification, jollity, joviality, joy, jubilation, merriment, merriness, merry making, mirth, rejoicing, rejoicings), petrecere (amusement, at home, bacchanalia, blow out, bout, carnival, carousal, conviviality, diversion, do, entertainment, feast, festival, festivity, fling, frolic, gaiety, game, garden party, jollity, junket, merry making, party, spree), concert de muzicã folk. (various references) слет бойскаутов (camporee), веселье (cheer, festivity, fun, gaiety, gladness, glee, hilarity, jinks, jollity, merriment, merrymaking, merry-making, mirth, revel, revelry, shindig, shindy, spree, sunshine, the bowl, tittup), празднество (festival, fete, fete day, gala, jollification, jubilee, merry-making), пирушка (carousal, kick up, merry-meeting, rant, revel, revelry, rout, spread, sprees, wassail, wingding). (various references) zabava (amusement, distraction, divertissement, entertainment, fun, merrymaking, party, ride), slet (rally). (various references) francachela, congreso de niños exploradores, congreso de exploradores. (various references) jamboree, skiva (beano, cut, dial, disc, disk, Gill, party, planch, plate, record, round, scale, sheet, slab, slice, table, top, wheel), internationellt scoutläger, hippa (bean feast, bean-feast, party), hålligång. (various references) kutlama (celebration, commemoration, congratulation, congratulatory, felicitation, gala, greeting, Jubilate), izci toplantısı, eğlence (amusement, bash, beano, blow out, carnival, conviviality, distraction, diversion, entertainment, festivity, fete, frolic, fun, gag, gaiety, high jinks, jollification, jolliness, jollity, merriment, merrymaking, party, pastime, play, plaything, racket, recreation, recreational, rejoicing, relaxation, revel, saturnalia, setout, sport), cümbüş (bash, bender, binge, blast, blow out, booze, booze-up, burst up, bust, Buster, carousal, festivity, high jinks, jollification, jollity, merriment, merrymaking, metal mandolin, racket, razzle-dazzle, revel, revelry, riot, saturnalia, spree). (various references) святкування (celebration, celebrity, commemoration, feast, festival, fete, gala, jubilee, solemnization, upshot, wake), збори (congregation, convocation, gathering, meeting, powwow). (various references) buổi liên hoan đại hội hướng đạo, buổi chè chén. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "jamboree": jamborees. (additional references) | |
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"Jamboree" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Damborenea, jamdoree, jamoree, Jmbarrie, Jomhori, Namoree. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-b-e-e-j-m-o-r" | |
-2 letters: aerobe, ambeer, jerboa. | |
-3 letters: amber, ameer, berme, bream, brome, embar, ember, jambe, joram, major, morae, omber, ombre, ramee. | |
-4 letters: aero, ajee, ambo, bare, barm, beam, bear, beer, bema, berm, boar, bora, bore, brae, bree, jamb, jeer, mabe, mare, mere, mora, more, omer, ream, roam, robe. | |
-5 letters: abo, arb, are, arm, bam, bar, bee, boa. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-b-e-e-j-m-o-r" | |
+1 letter: jamborees. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4A 61 6D 62 6F 72 65 65 |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001010 01100001 01101101 01100010 01101111 01110010 01100101 01100101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)J a m b o r e e |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004A 0061 006D 0062 006F 0072 0065 0065 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)4467796881847171 |
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