hootenanny
/ˈhuːtəˌnæni/
noun
- An informal gathering for folk music, with singing and sometimes dancing.
- We went to a hootenanny at the park and sang old folk songs.
- The community center hosted a hootenanny with local musicians.
- The college held a hootenanny every Friday night in the student lounge.
- A thing or device whose name is forgotten or unknown (informal, humorous).
- Hand me that hootenanny over there, the one with the red handle.
- What do you call that hootenanny that holds the paper in place?
- I need a small hootenanny to fix this leaky pipe.