fest
[fest]
/fɛst/
noun
1.
an assembly of people engaged in a common activity (often used in combination):
filmfest; gabfest; love-fest; poetry fest.
Origin
<
German
Fest
festival, holiday (see
feast
), as in
Sängerfest
choral festival
Examples from the web for
fest
We interrupt this critter
fest
to bring you a landscape appreciation moment.
fest
features complex narratives about intricate ecologies.
Green technology is a subsidy-
fest
that distorted the market for the products and services of these companies.
It always ends up as a tea-
fest
though, as whenever you go by a friend's camp they invariably invite you in for a cup and a snack.
The science
fest
promises to melt your mind in more ways than one.
British Dictionary definitions for
fest
fest
/
fɛst
/
noun
1.
a meeting or event at which the emphasis is on a particular activity:
a fashion fest
(
in combination
):
schmaltz-fest,
lovefest
Word Origin
C19: from German
Fest
festival
Word Origin and History for
fest
see
-fest
.