hooley

See also: Hooley

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hooley (plural hooleys)

(Ireland, Scotland) A party or celebration; an evening of traditional music and dance.
- 2002, Joseph O'Connor, Star of the Sea, Vintage, published 2003, page 88:
  At a family gathering, a wake or a Christmas hooley, other children would step forward to sing a rhyme or dance a hornpipe.
- 2023, Richard Flanagan, Question 7, Knopf, page 183:
  She had always loved what she called a hooley, a gathering of family and friends, and her dying was to be her last, greatest hooley.
A strong wind or gale.
It's blowing a hooley out there.