hoedown
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6.2
- noun
- /ˈhoʊˌdaʊn/
- US
:
baile campestre
- The hoedown featured local bands playing lively folk music under the stars.
- hoedown dance
Examples
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According to Collis Ray, the tradition began over a decade ago when a few brothers at Alpha Chi wanted to throw a hoedown for their friends.
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As I was saying... remember tonight at the hoedown, it's free cider night.
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All I need is for you to take my books up to the library before this hoedown next week.
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Let's get this hoedown started!
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Well, we're heading to the hoedown.
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I thought maybe we'd take in a hoedown.
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Friday night at Sam's Hoedown Ranch.
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We met at an outdoor hoedown on the Delaware River near a whitewater rafting site.
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I thought this was a hoedown—and I turned around and saw you, and you were shirtless with dirt streaked across your chest.
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If you're a chameleon like me, then the Hillbilly Hoedown at Bombshells Tavern might be right up your alley for recovering on a Sunday.
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Synonyms
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3.6
A party in a barn where people dance country dances
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9.7
A casual party where people sing folk songs and sometimes dance
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7.8
A lively party with music, dancing, and fun
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9.9
A lively social event with Scottish or Irish folk music, singing, dancing, and storytelling
How Lively
Surface Forms
Morphology
hoedown = hoe (semi-transparent) = down + hoe
The components 'hoe' and 'down' are recognizable and suggest a rural origin, but the specific conventionalized meaning 'a country dance' is not directly predictable from those parts for many learners. [Postprocessing: moved 'down' from base_words to prefix]
Etymology
Hoedown comes from the farming tool hoe and the word down, and it likely began as a name for a lively gathering or dance that followed a day of work in the fields. So, a hoedown is now a lively country event with music and dancing.