rat pack

noun

Slang.

1. a close-knit group of people with common interests who participate in various professional and recreational activities together.

2. Chiefly British.,  journalists or photographers as a group in relentless pursuit of celebrities.

Example Sentences

The Rat Pack helped put him on the map.

From Los Angeles Times

Mr Everett, who was not married and had no children, was a fan of "Rat Pack" singers Dean Martin and Frank Sinatra.

From BBC

Working with him and Kate Hepburn and bringing the whole Rat Pack — this was my mother’s influence on him.

From Salon

Growing up in the suburbs of New York City, Gallagher’s aspirational idol wasn't his stoic father but movie star, crooner, and Rat Pack legend Dean Martin.

From Salon

The film illuminates a singular career that always was ahead of its time, as the men, now both 77, converse over a meal — in the style of “My Dinner With Andre” — at Matteo’s, an old-school Hollywood hangout once favored by the Rat Pack.

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

• club 
• company 
• cooperative 
• corporation 
• federation 
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• league 
• organization 
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• society 
• tribe 
• union