gatecrashern.
/ˈɡeɪtˌkraʃə/ One who enters a sports ground or a private party, reception, entertainment, etc., without an invitation or ticket; also transferred and figurative.
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society > leisure > social event > hospitality > guest > [noun] > uninvited
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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming in > [noun] > unwelcome or unwarranted > without invitation or ticket > one who
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1927 Daily News 28 June 5/3 ‘One-eyed Connolly’, the champion American ‘gate crasher’ (one who gains admittance to big sporting events without payment).
1928 Sunday Disp. 15 July 1 The doom of the society gate-crasher is irretrievably fixed.
1928 Sunday Disp. 5 Aug. 3/2 He was arrested for ‘gate-crashing’ over the frontier from Canada to America without a passport.
1929 Daily Mail 18 July 7/4 (headline) Gate-crashing woman.
1929 Daily Mail 18 July 7/4 Helly Cozzonis..was the gate-crasher at the Mansion House reception.
1930 Morning Post 19 Aug. 12/1 A ‘Political Gatecrasher’.
1957 D. Robins Noble One vii. 73 ‘Afraid I'm a gate-crasher,’ he said. ‘Your father heard me knock and let me in.’
Derivatives
ˈgatecrash v. intransitive and transitive to enter (a party, etc.) as a gatecrasher.
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society > leisure > sport > match or competition > take part in match or competition [verb (transitive)] > gain admission to match, etc., in specific manner
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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming in > go or come in [verb (intransitive)] > in unwelcome or unwarranted manner > without ticket or invitation
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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming in > go or come into [verb (transitive)] > in unwelcome or unwarranted manner > without ticket or invitation
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society > leisure > social event > hospitality > guest > be guest [verb (intransitive)] > uninvited
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society > leisure > social event > hospitality > guest > [verb (transitive)] > enter as uninvited guest
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1931 E. Mannin Ragged Banners viii. 80 Geoffrey Hayes is giving a party to-night—shall we gate-crash?
1933 D. L. Sayers Murder must Advertise xi. 192 I'm sick of Slinker's parties..let's go and gate-crash something really virtuous.
1933 D. L. Sayers Murder must Advertise xi. 198 ‘I had the pleasure of entertaining your cousin there one night.’ ‘Did he gate-crash on you? That is exactly what he would do.’
1963 Times 23 May 4/7 The British women can be said to have gate-crashed the semi-final round.
ˈgatecrashing n. and adj.
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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming in > [noun] > unwelcome or unwarranted > without invitation or ticket
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society > leisure > social event > hospitality > guest > [adjective] > uninvited
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society > leisure > social event > hospitality > guest > [noun] > unexpected > action of
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1927 Daily News 28 June 5/3 The Committee of the White Rose Ball..dealt severely with a few cases of ‘gate crashing’.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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