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Definition of "gatecrasher" [gate•crash•er]

  • Slang One who gains admittance, as to a party or concert, without being invited or without paying. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "gatecrasher" in a sentence
  • ""gatecrasher" and says he is "genuinely sick" of all controversies. air of expectancy surrounding Abhimanyu Mithun's selection to the national Test squad, the paceman himself Mumbai: For years, Manish Kumar* has been gazing longingly at marathon hoardings exhorting future."
  • "But as I made my way there on the Hillsong courtesy shuttle, I felt like a freeloading interloper, a joyless gatecrasher en route to a children's party with the sole intention of stealing party bags and calling the birthday boy names."
  • "And while in their brashness they may exude all the phony confidence of a gatecrasher, they also refresh our perceptions."