jamboree

[ jam-buh-ree ]

noun

1. a large gathering, as of a political party or the teams of a sporting league, often including a program of speeches and entertainment.
2. a large gathering of members of the Boy Scouts or Girl Scouts, usually nationwide or international in scope ( camporee ).
3. any large gathering with a partylike atmosphere:

   We're spotlighting aspects of each of the major December traditions—Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa—to create one all-inclusive jamboree.

4. a carousal; any noisy merrymaking.

jamboree

/ ˌdʒæmbəˈriː /

noun

1. a large and often international gathering of Scouts
2. a party or spree

Word History and Origins

Origin of jamboree¹

An Americanism dating back to 1860–65; origin unknown

Word History and Origins

Origin of jamboree¹

C19: of uncertain origin

Example Sentences

Alayban was on one of her annual vacations to the condo on tony Jamboree Road when she was arrested.

From The Daily Beast

The light fantastic is not tripped there any more, except when the Jamboree man sneaks in and dances a jig for his morning pizen.

From Project Gutenberg

Here was the hated tribe of rich men, the idle classes, all dressed up with flags flying, riding across the country on a jamboree.

From Project Gutenberg

My curiosity impelled me to accept the invitation to the "keg party" as such a jamboree was known among the students.

From Project Gutenberg

It was a satire, of course—Gulliver's Lilliput outdone—a sort of scientific, socialistic, mathematical jamboree.

From Project Gutenberg

They treated me well, fed me fine, but every night I heard a big jamboree goin' on.

From Project Gutenberg

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