house party
noun
the entertainment of guests for one or more nights at one's home, a fraternity or sorority house, etc.
house parties
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pluralof house party.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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They don’t tell us whether restaurants are full, whether people are dating, whether house parties have disappeared or whether social life has migrated somewhere else entirely.
From Salon ● Aug. 15, 2026
Long the domain of house parties, the game itself is having a cultural moment of its own.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 15, 2026
Their songs weave in Irish lilting, set against a lively mix of drums, fiddles, flutes, harps, banjos, cello and concertina - skills honed over years of playing house parties, pub céilís and traditional festivals.
From BBC ● May 16, 2026
Billing themselves as the Wakefield Brothers, Frank and Ralph, who played guitar, made their first public appearances at house parties and on local radio in 1960.
From New York Times ● May 2, 2024
If I’d once met with twenty people at a time at low-key house parties, I was now speaking to hundreds in a high school gym.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
