jamboree Definition
☆ jam·bo·ree (jam′bə rē′)
noun
- a boisterous party or noisy revel
- a gathering or celebration, with planned entertainment
- a national or international assembly of Boy Scouts
Etymology: < ?
jamboree Synonyms
jamboree Usage Examples
Converse of object
- attend: In 1929 some of our scouts attended the Jamboree held at Arrowe Park, Birkenhead.
- have: And to Gene Norman, who had a blues jamboree, and to Johnny Otis.
- hold: In 1929 some of our scouts attended the Jamboree held at Arrowe Park, Birkenhead.
- mean: I don't mean simply the annual jamboree for the leaders of the world's richest and most powerful states.
- become: Edinburgh and Gleneagles are fast becoming a massive jamboree for competing world visions.
Adjective modifier
- annual: In 1981 the Library Association held its annual jamboree in Margate.
- European: SCOUTS JAM FOR COVENTRY A group of Coventry Scouts will be representing Coventry at the Euro Jam European jamboree in Essex this summer.
- centenary: Being part of the centenary Jamboree and supporting participants from over 200 countries is something not to be missed.
- great: Those early AGMs were great jamborees that cost the companies hundreds of thousands of pounds to stage.
- first: The most outstanding difference would be that the first Jamboree was held indoors at Olympia in the heart of London.
- last: During the last several Jamborees that I was on staff we had some English Scouts also attended the Jamboree.
Modifies a noun
site: On the 27th December we left the hotel, and were eventually on our way to the jamboree site.
Noun used with modifier
- jammer: It's the self-proclaimed festival of frugal living, a culture jammers jamboree.
- culture: It's the self-proclaimed festival of frugal living, a culture jammers jamboree.
- Informatics: The Needham Lecture is to be reprised at the Informatics Jamboree.
- day: A spectacular 3 day country jamboree will offer something for everyone and more!
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