# gatecrash

Pronunciation: say "GAYT-krash" /ˈɡeɪtˌkɹæʃ/

## Verb

1. To turn up at a social event that one was not invited to, or to get into one without paying.
   - Simple: To go to a party or event without an invitation or without paying.
   - _A group of students decided to gatecrash the graduation ball._
   - _He gatecrashed the gallery opening and helped himself to the free champagne._

## Noun

2. An act of attending a party or event without an invitation or without having paid to get in.
   - Simple: The act of going to a party or event without being invited or without paying.
   - _The gatecrash turned a private celebration into a packed, noisy affair._
   - _Organizers tightened security after last year's gatecrash._
3. In a traditional Chinese wedding, a ritual testing the groom, in which the bridesmaids set him and his groomsmen difficult or embarrassing tasks to prove his love for the bride.
   - Simple: A part of a Chinese wedding where the groom must finish hard or silly tasks to prove he loves the bride.
   - _The gatecrash kept the groom outside for half an hour, bargaining through the door with red envelopes._
   - _At the gatecrash, the groomsmen ate spoonfuls of bitter melon to prove their loyalty._

## Origin

A compound formed from "gate" and "crash."

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/gatecrash (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).