ball drop
New Year's countdown
A ball drop is the ceremonial lowering of a large illuminated ball to mark a countdown, especially the New Year's Eve celebration in New York City's Times Square.
The phrase also describes the moment itself: We watched the ball drop at midnight.
By extension, any similar countdown spectacle: The casino hosts its own ball drop.
- countdownBackward enumeration to zero
- countdown clockDevice showing time remaining
- stroke of midnightExact moment of twelve
- midnightTwelve o'clock at night
- resolutionsFormal decisions or pledges
champagne · confetti · party hats · New Year's Eve · Dick Clark · clock · Times Square · New York City · mistake · celebration · Ryan Seacrest · live broadcast · tradition · festivities · failure · seconds · blunder · hours
- baby toysrattle, baby rattle, teether, teething ring, teething toy
- broadcaststelecast, newscast, news broadcast, live broadcast, simulcast
- carnival gamesring toss, duck pond, balloon darts, strongman game, shooting gallery
- DecemberChristmas, Christmas Eve, New Year's Eve, holiday season, end of year
- New Yearcountdown, midnight kiss, champagne toast, New Year's Day, resolutions
- New Year'scountdown, midnight kiss, resolution, toast, champagne toast
new year's eve celebration type
ball dropfireworks
Explosive light displays
fireworks display · pyrotechnics · champagne toast · balloon release · quiet reflection