gatecrash

See also: gate-crash and gate crash

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English gate

English crash

English gatecrash

From gate + crash.

Pronunciation

• (Singaporean English) IPA^(key): /ˈɡeɪtkɹaʃ/
• Rhymes: -æʃ

Verb

gatecrash (third-person singular simple present gatecrashes, present participle gatecrashing, simple past and past participle gatecrashed)

1. To attend a social event without having been invited, or without having paid.
   • 1935, Dorothy L. Sayers, Gaudy Night:

     “[…] 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? […]”

   • 2024 August 21, Will Potter, “Matt Walsh enrages Democrats by crashing DNC in 'white dudes for Kamala Harris' disguise”, in Daily Mail‎^[1]:

     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.

Derived terms

• gatecrasher

Translations

to go to a social event without being invited, or without having paid

• Bulgarian: влизам без билет (vlizam bez bilet)
• Catalan: colar-se (ca)
• Finnish: kuokkia (fi)
• French: s'incruster (fr), taper l'incruste (fr), resquiller (fr)
• German: ungebeten erscheinen
• Italian: fare il portoghese, imbucarsi (it)
• Polish: wchodzić na krzywy ryj impf, wejść na krzywy ryj pf
• Portuguese: entrar de penetra
• Spanish: colarse (es)

Noun

gatecrash (usually uncountable, plural gatecrashes)

1. An instance of gatecrashing a party, event, etc.
2. (Asian English) 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.
   • 2015 October 5, Felicia Tan, “Modern alternatives to wedding traditions”, in Her World Brides Singapore‎^[2], archived from the original on 14 October 2017:

     We’ve heard of stories of grooms getting nervous before their big day – not because they’re afraid of botching their vows, or welling up in unmanly but happy tears – but because of the tasks that await them during the gatecrashing ceremony.

   • 2015 December 15, Lisa Twang, “Star Wars weddings hit Singapore”, in The New Paper Singapore‎^[3], archived from the original on 12 August 2020:

     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.

   • 2016 June 12, Benson Ang, “Gladiator groomsmen”, in The Straits Times‎^[4]:

     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.

   • 2016 November 6, Kimberly Lim, “Wedding gatecrashers: Putting love to the test”, in The New Paper Singapore‎^[5]:

     Madam Quek says: "Because my husband and most of the groomsmen are not Chinese, it was their first time experiencing a Chinese wedding gatecrash."

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