surprise party
noun
a party or celebration planned for someone as a surprise.
surprise parties
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pluralof surprise party.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Because you cannot sleep on camp sign-ups once they open, parents book spots while boarding planes, hiding in the bushes at surprise parties and on the way to funerals.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 15, 2026
After a thorough cleaning, it was back on the road to its next destination, about 25 miles away, just one of a stream of birthday celebrations, surprise parties and family reunions still to come.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 19, 2022
It is no surprise parties are taking marginal seats like Camborne and Redruth seriously.
From BBC ● Apr. 14, 2015
Often they are given surprise parties at which a fortune's worth of orchids, grown in the Eastman greenhouses, is distributed.
From Time Magazine Archive
Regularly Mary had six birthdays a year, and she organized costume parties, surprise parties, holiday parties.
From "Cannery Row" by John Steinbeck
