jamboree

Unknown 19th-century American slang. Chosen by Baden-Powell in 1919 for use in the Scout Movement.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌdʒæm.bəˈɹiː/

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jamboree (plural jamborees)

1. A boisterous or lavish celebration or party.
2. (dated, slang) A frolic or spree.
   • 1898 August, Rudyard Kipling, “‘In Ambush’”, in Stalky & Co., London: Macmillan & Co., published 1899, OCLC 1127934491, page 4:

     [']Chuck us down that net on top of the lockers, Stalky.' / 'That's all right. It's a collapsible jamboree, too. Beastly luxurious dogs these fags are. Built like a fishin'-rod.[']

     The word, describing a butterfly-net, appears to be used in the sense of gizmo or thingamajig.

   • W. A. Fraser

     A Calcutta-made pony cart had been standing in front of the manager's bungalow when Raja Singh started on his jamboree.

3. A large rally of Scouts or Guides.
4. (card games) In euchre: an undefeatable hand containing the five highest cards.

• jamborette

From English jamboree.

• IPA^(key): /ˈjɑmboreː/, [ˈjɑmbo̞re̞ː]
• Rhymes: -ɑmboreː
• Syllabification^(key): jam‧bo‧ree

jamboree

1. jamboree (of Scouts)

• IPA^(key): /ʒɑ̃.bɔ.ʁi/, /ʒam.bɔ.ʁi/[1][2]

jamboree m (plural jamborees)

1. jamboree

• “jamboree”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Borrowed from French jamboree.

jamboree f (plural jamboree)

1. jamboree