hooley
Lively Irish celebration
A hooley is a wild party or celebration, especially in Irish and Scottish usage.
The word suggests lively, boisterous fun with music and drinking: The whole village came out for the hooley.
In Ireland, any spirited gathering might be called a hooley, whether planned or spontaneous.
Forceful striking blow
- shindigBoisterous social gathering
- knees-upBoisterous British party
- doPerform an action
- blowoutSudden tire failure
get-together · rave-up · session · spree · bender · jamboree · wingding · rager
bash
Forceful striking blow
blowout · get-together · rave-up · session · spree · bender · jamboree · wingding · rager · celebration
craic
Irish word for fun
Guinness · poteen · trad · pub · Dublin · Galway · Cork · Eire · Hibernia · Claddagh
gale
Severe sustained wind
- tempestViolent windstorm or turmoil
- squallBrief, violent windstorm
- windstormViolent atmospheric disturbance
bluster · blow · howler · nor'easter · cyclone · gusts · Atlantic · westerly · lashing · deluge
hooleyformal reception
Ceremonial social gathering
silent retreat · solitude · meditation session · tea party · book club