full house
noun
plural full houses
1
: a poker hand containing three of a kind and a pair see poker illustration
2
: a theater, concert hall, etc. that is completely filled with spectators
Nevertheless, Into Great Silence played to a full house for two months at one of the city's hippest independent movie theaters.
Michael Boudway
Michael Boudway
Example Sentences
a singer performing before a full house A hand with three kings and two tens is a full house.
Recent Examples on the Web There should be a full house at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, most of them going crazy for the Bulldogs. Paris Wolfe, cleveland, 3 Sep. 2022 Tomljanovic, an Australian who is 29, will face Williams, who turns 41 next month, for the first time on Friday night — in front of what is sure to be another exuberant and partisan full house — in the third round at Arthur Ashe Stadium. Howard Fendrich, ajc, 1 Sep. 2022 Rookie Alec Pierce beat Rodgers off of the line and out-ran him to a deep ball, prompting enormous cheers from the full house. The Indianapolis Star, 31 July 2022 Ninth with the full orchestra, a full chorus and a full house. Brian Mccollum, Detroit Free Press, 3 July 2022 Senior Josh Morgan had the biggest hit of his young career, lining a two-out, full-count fastball over the shortstop’s head, driving in two before a full house at UC San Diego. John Maffei, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 May 2022 The beautiful weather was drawing people outside, and Mary expected a full house at the lunch club. Timothy Christian, Town & Country, 1 Mar. 2022 The full house voted 229-202 with all Democrats in favor and most Republicans — except for nine — opposed. Chelsey Cox, USA TODAY, 22 Oct. 2021 The Dodgers return to Petco Park in late June, after Gov. Newsom has promised to lift coronavirus restrictions on seating capacity, and this place could be rocking: a full house for what might well be baseball’s two best teams. Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 16 Apr. 2021 See More
Paris Wolfe, cleveland, 3 Sep. 2022 Tomljanovic, an Australian who is 29, will face Williams, who turns 41 next month, for the first time on Friday night — in front of what is sure to be another exuberant and partisan full house — in the third round at Arthur Ashe Stadium. Howard Fendrich, ajc, 1 Sep. 2022 Rookie Alec Pierce beat Rodgers off of the line and out-ran him to a deep ball, prompting enormous cheers from the full house. The Indianapolis Star, 31 July 2022 Ninth with the full orchestra, a full chorus and a full house. Brian Mccollum, Detroit Free Press, 3 July 2022 Senior Josh Morgan had the biggest hit of his young career, lining a two-out, full-count fastball over the shortstop’s head, driving in two before a full house at UC San Diego. John Maffei, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 May 2022 The beautiful weather was drawing people outside, and Mary expected a full house at the lunch club. Timothy Christian, Town & Country, 1 Mar. 2022 The full house voted 229-202 with all Democrats in favor and most Republicans — except for nine — opposed. Chelsey Cox, USA TODAY, 22 Oct. 2021 The Dodgers return to Petco Park in late June, after Gov. Newsom has promised to lift coronavirus restrictions on seating capacity, and this place could be rocking: a full house for what might well be baseball’s two best teams. Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 16 Apr. 2021 See More Word History
First Known Use
1701, in the meaning defined at sense 2