house party

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noun

the entertainment of guests for one or more nights at one's home, a fraternity or sorority house, etc.

the guests at such an affair or party: The house party goes sailing today.

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Origin of house party

First recorded in 1875–80

Words nearby house party

house of study, House of the People, house organ, house painter, houseparent, house party, houseperson, housephone, house physician, house place, houseplant

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How to use house party in a sentence

To demonstrate the risks of house parties, the health department posted a video highlighting a recent outbreak from a New Year’s Eve party attended by 13 people.
Super spreader Sunday? Experts worry Super Bowl could trigger coronavirus explosion|Brittany Shammas, Fenit Nirappil, Mark Maske|February 5, 2021|Washington Post
This is a far more basic alternative to the platforms above, but it resembles an IRL house party so closely that you even have to let people into the virtual house when they ring the doorbell.
These apps bring the magic of a house party online|Sandra Gutierrez G.|January 10, 2021|Popular-Science
This past week, Apple banned the app Vybe Together, which had allowed people to locate “secret” indoor house parties in their area, sometimes including those held in violation of state guidelines.
This Week in Apps: Apple bans party app, China loses 39K iOS games, TikTok births a ‘Ratatousical’|Sarah Perez|January 2, 2021|TechCrunch
I was watching Lovers Rock, one of the installments of Small Axe, and there’s a scene at a house party where they pull the music out and everybody is still dancing and singing together.
The Lost Year: Exercise in quarantine, keeping a business alive, and the unusual intimacy of Zoom|Emily VanDerWerff|December 31, 2020|Vox

Contact-tracing continues to show that house parties and family gatherings are the most common sources for contracting the virus, he said.
Maryland counties add coronavirus restrictions as infections rise across the Washington region|Rachel Chason, Erin Cox|November 12, 2020|Washington Post
He talks about the time he lost his virginity to a woman—a fan of Doogie Howser—at a house party in New Mexico.
Choose Your Own Neil Patrick Harris: The Star on ‘Doogie,’ ‘Gone Girl,’ Gay Sex and More|Kevin Fallon|October 10, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Two officers, their badge numbers covered by black tape, watch as guests disperse from a house party they have recently disrupted.
A Brief History of the Phrase 'F*ck the Police'|Rich Goldstein|August 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST
He was at a house party when a good-looking woman came out of the bathroom and told him about the cocaine she was doing.
Speed Read: Marion Barry’s Crazy Memoir|William O’Connor|June 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST
One day, when preparing to cook for a house party, she was on her knees, cleaning the floor.
The Week in Death: Clarissa Dickson Wright, One of ‘Two Fat Ladies’|The Telegraph|March 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST
To cutting my hair off, to going to a house party, to just being completely free ... to make out with myself.
Scary Spice Mel B Is Back! And She’s Making Out With Herself.|Kevin Fallon|October 1, 2013|DAILY BEAST
There were assembled the house-party only, Devar and I being the guests of the evening.
Dross|Henry Seton Merriman
"I hope you don't intend to tell the house party that," remarked Sylvia.
The Opened Shutters|Clara Louise Burnham
There was a house-party, and one evening neither Porteous nor my mother came down to dinner.
The Circle|W. Somerset Maugham
It rained steadily for three days; then the sunshine gleamed and Steve's house-party broke up.
The Pioneers|Katharine Susannah Prichard
Knight had come home late, just in time to dress, and she had not thought to speak of the house party.
The Second Latchkey|Charles Norris Williamson and Alice Muriel Williamson

British Dictionary definitions for house party

house party

noun

a party, usually in a country house, at which guests are invited to stay for several days

the guests who are invited

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house party

or houseparty

Origin of house party

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British Dictionary definitions for house party