Hoedown vs Hootenanny - What's the difference?
hoedown | hootenanny |
A type of American folk or square dance.
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The type of music typically played for such a dance
A gathering at which such dances take place.
To dance a hoedown dance
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(obsolete) A Placeholder word for a nonspecific or forgotten thing (see thingamajig, whatchamacallit)
An informal, festive performance by folk singers, often including audience participation with the use of acoustic instruments.
English placeholder terms
Appalachian English
As nouns the difference between hoedown and hootenanny
is that hoedown is a type of American folk or square dance while hootenanny is a Placeholder word for a nonspecific or forgotten thing (see thingamajig, whatchamacallit)As a verb hoedown
is to dance a hoedown dance.hoedown
English
Noun
(en noun)- John and Susie went to the square dance and did the hoedown.
- Soon Marshall is doing an elaborate foot-to-foot jig, and then they're all bounding around. Shoulder dips. Yee-ha faces. It's an impromptu hoedown .
- We have to get to the hoedown before noon, or we'll be late.
See also
* breakdown * ("hoedown" on Wikipedia)Verb
(en verb)- Having spent the day in the company of this thoughtful, friendly, uncommonly levelheaded band – charmed, completely – a protective part of me sort of wishes they wouldn't hoedown
