jamboree
a large gathering, as of a political party or the teams of a sporting league, often including a program of speeches and entertainment.
a large gathering of members of the Boy Scouts or Girl Scouts, usually nationwide or international in scope (distinguished from camporee).
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.
a carousal; any noisy merrymaking.
Origin of jamboree
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How to use jamboree in a sentence
In the cabins of these craft it is the fashionable thing amongst well-to-do Chinamen to hold their jamborees.
Life and sport in China | Oliver G. ReadyJamborees of jubilation are already rife in the latter locality.
There's to be no end of dances and drives and general jamborees.
Anne Of The Island | Lucy Maud Montgomery
British Dictionary definitions for jamboree
/ (ˌdʒæmbəˈriː) /
a large and often international gathering of Scouts
a party or spree
Origin of jamboree
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