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• pub crawl
  pub crawl

  noun

  an instance or period of pub-crawling.
• pub-crawl
  pub-crawl

  verb (used without object)

  to have drinks at one bar after another.

pub crawl

¹ American  

noun

1. an instance or period of pub-crawling.

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pub-crawl ² American  

[puhb-krawl] / ˈpʌbˌkrɔl /

verb (used without object)

1. to have drinks at one bar after another.

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noun

1. pub crawl.

pub-crawl British  

noun

1. a drinking tour of a number of pubs or bars

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verb

1. (intr) to make such a tour

Other Word Forms

• pub-crawler
  noun
• pubcrawler
  noun

Etymology

Origin of pub crawl¹

First recorded in 1910–15

Origin of pub-crawl²

First recorded in 1935–40

Example Sentences

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I invited college friends from Brooklyn to a hotel pub crawl and we sampled several spots, including the rooftop pool.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 13, 2026

Throngs of people dressed as jolly Old St. Nick descended on New York City for the annual SantaCon charity pub crawl on Saturday.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 9, 2023

The pub crawl ends at Trafalgar Tavern, when Gail tells cheftestants that there are "few things as institutionally British as pub food, so we couldn't come to London without celebrating this cuisine."

From Salon ● Mar. 24, 2023

When Mike Priestley laid on a lost pub crawl in Duxford, he expected just one or two people to turn up.

From BBC ● Jan. 10, 2023

At Thursday’s caroling pub crawl, Meg McClure, the event’s other organizer, said she realized that the event carried a risk — it felt a bit like “caroling on the edge.”

From New York Times ● Dec. 21, 2021

SantaCon is a ticketed pub-crawl event, which is attended by around 25,000 people dressed as Santa Claus and other holiday characters, according to the charging document against Pildes.

From BBC ● Apr. 15, 2026

An immature 40-year-old convinces his childhood pals to join him in an epic pub-crawl, but as they make their way toward their final destination, a battle for mankind emerges.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2020

Oh, and there’s one more disquieting thing about this pub-crawl: It actually happened.

From Washington Post ● May 24, 2017

Chelsea Clinton went on a pub-crawl to the gay bars around Philadelphia to stump for her mom, Hillary, the weekend before the 2008 Democratic primary.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 26, 2016

One woman can’t meet a decent guy in a hospital crawling with doctors; the other can’t find one even in a pub-crawl.

From New York Times ● Sep. 24, 2012