fest
noun/fest/
/fest/
(informal)- a festival or large meeting concerned with a particular activity or interest
- an annual food and wine fest
- Tonight we'll review the highlights from the first week of the fest.
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- -festcombining form (in nouns) an event involving a particular activity or with a particular atmosphere
- a jazzfest
- a talkfest (= a session involving long discussions)
- The movie was a real snoozefest (= it was really boring).
- (usually disapproving) a lovefest (= in which people show too much affection for each other that may not be genuine)
Word Originfrom German Fest ‘festival’.
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