house party

noun

: a party lasting over one or more nights at a residence (such as a home or fraternity house)

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The pair — who sport coordinating green velvet dresses and white furs — belt out the 1984 song while moving around a set designed to look like the end of a raucous house party. Toria Sheffield, People.com, 8 Dec. 2024 The best way to end a house party is late-night karaoke, and Sabrina Carpenter and Chappell Roan must agree. Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 7 Dec. 2024 Set in a scene evoking the aftermath of a lively holiday house party, complete with empty wine bottles and red cups scattered across the floor, the two friends performed the 1984 hit while reading the lyrics karaoke-style on a vintage TV. Mitchell Peters, Billboard, 7 Dec. 2024 Claire and Simon get wasted at a boring soiree, not a raging, rowdy house party, although there is one of those featured later in the climax. Courtney Howard, Variety, 6 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for house party 

Word History

First Known Use

1827, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of house party was in 1827

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“House party.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/house%20party. Accessed 28 Dec. 2024.

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