gatherings (noun)
1hors d'oeuvre — noun a dish served as an appetizer before the main meal • Hypernyms: ↑appetizer, ↑appetiser, ↑starter • Hyponyms: ↑stuffed mushroom, ↑rollmops, ↑pigs in blankets * * * ȯrˈdərv, ȯ(ə)ˈdə …
2jockey club — noun a club to promote and regulate horse racing • Hypernyms: ↑club, ↑social club, ↑society, ↑guild, ↑gild, ↑lodge, ↑order * * * noun : an association of persons interested in horse racing usually reg …
3national anthem — noun a song formally adopted as the anthem for a nation (Freq. 1) • Hypernyms: ↑anthem • Instance Hyponyms: ↑Marseillaise, ↑The Star Spangled Banner * * * noun, pl ⋯ thems [count] : a song that praises a particular country and that is officially… …
4rave — Noun. 1. A large dance music party. The term originated in the 1950s and since the late 1980s in Britain has become synonymous with the house and techno dance scene. These raves are often illegal gatherings with much drug taking, especially… …
5highland fling — noun a vigorous Scottish reel • Hypernyms: ↑reel, ↑Scottish reel * * * ˌHighland ˈfling [Highland fling] noun a fast Scottish dance that is danced by one person Culture …
6rout-seat — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun Etymology: rout (II) Britain : a light bench supplied for parties knocked … off the end of a rout seat at a ball W.F.DeMorgan * * * routˈ seat noun (archaic) A bench hired out for large social gatherings …
7auditorium — noun (plural riums or auditoria) Etymology: Latin, literally, lecture room Date: 1700 1. a room, hall, or building used for public gatherings 2. the part of a public building where an audience sits …
8burgoo — noun (plural burgoos) Etymology: origin unknown Date: 1700 1. oatmeal gruel 2. hardtack and molasses cooked together 3. a. a stew or thick soup of meat and vegetables originally served at outdoor gatherin …
9Olympic Games — noun plural Date: circa 1610 1. an ancient Panhellenic festival held every fourth year and made up of contests of sports, music, and literature with the victor s prize a crown of wild olive 2. a modified revival of the ancient Olympic Games… …
10small talk — noun Idle conversation, typically on innocuous or unimportant subjects, usually engaged in at social gatherings out of politeness. [T]o the credit of the lady it may be added that . . . without any of the arts of flattery or the gaieties of small …
