Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb to enter uninvited into a party or other social event.
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- verb To attend a social event without having been
invited , or without having paid.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb enter uninvited; informal
Etymologies
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Examples
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Officials suspect the new members will attempt to "gatecrash" congress, despite not having registered in time.
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The high heart of the gatecrash is a dimness here—he is muddled and wrung out and can’t get his bad-ass glare to function.
Underworld Don Delillo 2008
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The high heart of the gatecrash is a dimness here—he is muddled and wrung out and can’t get his bad-ass glare to function.
Underworld Don Delillo 2008
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The high heart of the gatecrash is a dimness here—he is muddled and wrung out and can’t get his bad-ass glare to function.
Underworld Don Delillo 2008
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Pakistan felt this was a G-4 attempt to "gatecrash" into Security Council as Permanent Members.
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Pakistan felt this was a G-4 attempt to "gatecrash" into Security Council as Permanent Members.
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Mr Nowak was put on a plane to Johannesburg on Thursday morning: Zanu-PF accused him then of trying to "gatecrash".
unknown title 2009
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Couple 'gatecrash' Barack Obama's White House dinner
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Hughes needs the guile of Dalglish to gatecrash top table
Why Manchester United made life easy for Kenny Dalglish's Liverpool | Kevin McCarra 2011
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It feels edgy – in one scene the fictional gang members gatecrash a party by climbing over the garden wall.
CBBC to air gritty new drama aimed at pre-teenage audience 2011
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