gatecrash

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   To attend a social event without having been invited, or without having paid.

   • “[…] I mean, she doesn’t belong to the Society—“ ”What Society?” ”The Society that was meeting. I think she pushed in for a joke.” ”Gate-crashed you? […]”
   • After Walsh was seen being escorted out as he attempted to gatecrash the interview, liberal viewers shared their outrage at Walsh's mocking of their convention.
2. 2

   An instance of gatecrashing a party, event, etc.

3. 3

   Part of a traditional Chinese wedding ceremony in which the groom and his groomsmen…

   Part of a traditional Chinese wedding ceremony in which the groom and his groomsmen complete several difficult or embarrassing tasks prepared by the bridesmaids to prove his love for the bride.

   • For their wedding day, Mr Koh, who's 33 and works in marketing, arrived at his bride's house for the gatecrashing ceremony wearing a Darth Vader mask, while his groomsmen were decked out in Jedi robes.
   • During the 30-minute gatecrash, Mr Lee and his groomsmen did challenges such as forming a human pyramid and dancing to pop tunes such as Britney Spears' Toxic.

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