heyday

or hey·dey

[ hey-dey ]

/ ˈheɪˌdeɪ /

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noun

the stage or period of greatest vigor, strength, success, etc.; prime: the heyday of the vaudeville stars.

Archaic. high spirits.

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Origin of heyday

1580–90; variant of high day, apparently by confusion with heyday²

Words nearby heyday

hex sign, hexyl, hexyl group, hexylresorcinol, hey, heyday, “Hey Diddle Diddle”, Heyduck, Heyer, Heyerdahl, hey-ho

Other definitions for heyday (2 of 2)

heyday²

[ hey-dey ]

/ ˈheɪ deɪ /

interjection Archaic.

(used as an exclamation of cheerfulness, surprise, wonder, etc.)

Origin of heyday

1520–30; rhyming compound based on hey; replacing heyda<German hei da hey there

How to use heyday in a sentence

Our tastes, though, both in the consumer-branded heyday of the ’90s and 2000s and now, lend themselves to the delusion of uniqueness.
The great American cool|Safy-Hallan Farah|July 14, 2021|Vox
They were often found along rocky cliffs and mountains throughout the United States in their heyday of the 1930s and 1940s.
The peregrine falcon mostly disappeared. A lone chick took flight at Harpers Ferry for the first time in 70 years.|Dana Hedgpeth|July 2, 2021|Washington Post
On Tumblr, the internet’s unofficial home for fandom communities, BTS and its members reign supreme, recalling the vast reach of One Direction in its heyday.
BTS, the band that changed K-pop, explained|Aja Romano|May 21, 2021|Vox
On the one hand, Bardugo’s original Shadow and Bone trilogy was written in the heyday of hormonal teen fantasy.
Netflix’s Shadow and Bone is a muddled, joyless checklist of fantasy tropes|Constance Grady|April 23, 2021|Vox

In the heyday of the third-party cookie, no one was interested in first-party data.
‘Our place in the value chain could be diminished’: Confessions of a publisher exec on the future of user-level identifiers|Seb Joseph|March 16, 2021|Digiday
The Rizzoli in New York City was no ordinary bookstore in its seventies heyday.
The Bookstore That Bewitched Mick Jagger, John Lennon, and Greta Garbo|Felice Picano|December 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST
I was the kid making a tidy profit burning CDs for all my friends at two bucks a pop back during the Napster heyday in 2000.
Death of the Author by Viral Infection: In Defense of Taylor Swift, Digital Doomsayer|Arthur Chu|December 3, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Even a century after his heyday, Houdini has maintained the same mystique he enjoyed while living.
Get a Piece of Houdini Before He Disappears|Nina Strochlic|August 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST
But in his heyday, no public poll showed him with less than 34 percent support among the American public.
A Brief History of Wingnuts in America; From George Washington to Woodstock|John Avlon|August 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Big Sugar, advocates say, is employing strategies reminiscent of Big Tobacco in its heyday.
Guess Who Doesn’t Want You to Know How Much Added Sugar Is in Your Food|Tim Mak|July 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST
How different the homeward journey from the intoxicating outward flight, in the heyday of the spring!
The Daughters of Danaus|Mona Caird
Is it for this that in the heyday of youth I walked with you to the school-house down the road!
Chanticleer|Cornelius Mathews
Sternes period of literary activity falls in the sixties, the very heyday of British supremacy in Germany.
Laurence Sterne in Germany|Harvey Waterman Thayer
On the two occasions following he was in the very heyday of his mental strength.
Mark Twain, A Biography, 1835-1910, Complete|Albert Bigelow Paine
He lived in the heyday of competition, when it seemed utter folly to talk about the end of competition.
The Common Sense of Socialism|John Spargo

British Dictionary definitions for heyday

heyday

/ (ˈheɪˌdeɪ) /

noun

the time of most power, popularity, vigour, etc; prime

Word Origin for heyday

C16: probably based on hey

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heyday

or hey·dey

Origin of heyday

Words nearby heyday

Other definitions for heyday (2 of 2)

Origin of heyday

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How to use heyday in a sentence

British Dictionary definitions for heyday

Word Origin for heyday