be-in, n.
(ˈbiːɪn)
[f. be v. + in adv. after teach-in, etc.]
A public gathering of hippies.
| 1967 Daily Tel. 23 Mar. 18/8 Thousands of people with painted faces and chests and love on their minds pranced through New York's Central Park yesterday to celebrate Easter Sunday with a ‘be-in’. 1967 Nova Oct. 115/1 Activities at be-ins have included chanting Hindu prayers, carrying crosses, ringing bells, striking gongs, uttering the word ‘banana’, staring into space, examining other people's beaded necklaces. |