noun
Meaning 1
A boisterous or lavish celebration or party.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
jamboree
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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UK: /ˌdʒæm.bəˈɹiː/
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noun
Meaning 2
A frolic or spree.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dated, slang
Examples
- 1899m W. A. Fraser, "Raja Singh and Other Elephants" in McClure's Magazinehttps://www.google.com/books/edition/McClure_s_Magazine/8C9NAQAAMAAJ?hl=es&gbpv=1&dq=%22A+Calcutta-made+pony+cart+had+been+standing%22&pg=PA42&printsec=frontcover A Calcutta-made pony cart had been standing in front of the manager's bungalow when Raja Singh started on his jamboree.
Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
A large rally of Scouts or Guides.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: scouting
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Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
In euchre: an undefeatable hand containing the five highest cards.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: card-games, games
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Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 5
To take part in a jamboree.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 6
a gay festivity
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: gala, gala affair, blowout
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: celebration, festivity
History
Etymology
Unknown 19th-century American slang. Chosen by Baden-Powell in 1919 for use in the Scout Movement.
Across languages
Translations
43 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: празненство (praznenstvo) — large party
- Bulgarian: веселие (veselie) — large party
- Finnish: kalaasi — large party
- Georgian: წვეულება (c̣veuleba) — large party
- Georgian: ლხინი (lxini) — large party
- Georgian: ნადიმი (nadimi) — large party
- Georgian: ქეიფი (keipi) — large party
- Indonesian: pesta pora — large party
- Italian: baldoria — large party
- Italian: "allegra riunione f" — large party
- Macedonian: џумбуш (džumbuš) — large party
- Spanish: fiesta grande — large party
- Spanish: fiestón — large party
- Arabic: مخيم (muḵayyam) — rally of Scouts or Guides
- Bengali: জাম্বুরি (jamburi) — rally of Scouts or Guides
- Belarusian: джамбары (džambary) — rally of Scouts or Guides
- Chinese Mandarin: 大露營 /大露营 (dàlùyíng) — rally of Scouts or Guides
- Czech: jamboree — rally of Scouts or Guides
- Danish: jamboree — rally of Scouts or Guides
- Dutch: jamboree — rally of Scouts or Guides
- Esperanto: ĵamboreo — rally of Scouts or Guides
- Finnish: jamboree — rally of Scouts or Guides
- French: jamboree — rally of Scouts or Guides
- German: jamboree — rally of Scouts or Guides
- Greek: τζάμπορι (tzámpori) — rally of Scouts or Guides
- Hebrew: ג׳מבורי (djamburi) — rally of Scouts or Guides
- Hungarian: dzsembori — rally of Scouts or Guides
- Indonesian: jambore — rally of Scouts or Guides
- Indonesian: wirakarya — rally of Scouts or Guides
- Italian: jamboree — rally of Scouts or Guides
- Japanese: ジャンボリー (janborī) — rally of Scouts or Guides
- Korean: 잼버리 (jaembeori) — rally of Scouts or Guides
- Malay: jambori — rally of Scouts or Guides
- Norwegian: jamboree — rally of Scouts or Guides
- Polish: jamboree — rally of Scouts or Guides
- Portuguese: jamboree — rally of Scouts or Guides
- Portuguese: jamboree — rally of Scouts or Guides
- Russian: джамбори (džambori) — rally of Scouts or Guides
- Spanish: jamboree — rally of Scouts or Guides
- Swedish: jamboree — rally of Scouts or Guides
- Thai: งานชุมนุม (ngaan-chum-num) — rally of Scouts or Guides
- Ukrainian: джемборі (džembori) — rally of Scouts or Guides
- Vietnamese: trại họp bạn — rally of Scouts or Guides