fest
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of fest
< German Fest festival, holiday ( see feast), as in Sängerfest choral festival
Example Sentences
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These building blocks of the fest are personified by the big red “Netflix Is a Joke” blocks found on almost every stage.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 29, 2026
Of course, this is only the beginning of a tit-for-tat spite fest that yields terrible collateral damage.
From Salon • Apr. 23, 2026
Kanye West was supposed to headline Sunday night but canceled two weeks before the fest and was replaced by The Weeknd and Swedish House Mafia.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 6, 2026
Kanye West closed out Coachella 2011, the year before the fest expanded to double weekends, with a theatrical main stage set that featured dozens of dancers.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 6, 2026
I think I'm going to go out to the blues fest tomorrow and have some blues to calm my nerves.
From "Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho" by Jon Katz
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