- keg party
- noun see kegger
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
keg party
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keg party — n. a party where liquor, especially beer, is served. □ There is a free keg party at Freddy’s. □ The keg party ended early owing to the arrival of uninvited nabs … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
keg party — noun A party at which beer is served from a keg. Syn: kegger … Wiktionary
keg party — n. party or event at which beer is served from a keg (barrel sized container of beer) … English slang
keg party — Informal. a beer bust. * * * … Universalium
keg party — Informal. a beer bust … Useful english dictionary
keg — /keg/, n. 1. a small cask or barrel, usually holding from 5 to 10 gallons (19 to 38 liters). 2. a unit of weight, equal to 100 pounds (45 kilograms), used for nails. 3. Also, kegger. a keg party; beer bust. [1585 95; earlier cag < ON kaggi] * * * … Universalium
keg — /kɛg / (say keg) noun 1. (in the imperial system) a barrel or container, usually holding 9 gallons (40.9 litres) or 18 gallons (81.8 litres). 2. a barrel of beer. –adjective 3. relating to or accompanied by a beer keg: a keg party; keg cricket.… …
keg·ger — /ˈkɛgɚ/ noun, pl gers [count] US informal : a party at which people drink beer from a keg called also keg party … Useful english dictionary
party — 1. n. <a combining form used in expressions to refer to certain kinds of activity carried on in groups or in pairs.> (For examples, see coke party, free base party, grass party, hen party, keg party, kick party, pot party, stag party,… … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
keg — (n.) 1630s, earlier kag (mid 15c.), from a Scandinavian source, Cf. O.N. kaggi keg, cask, of unknown origin. Cognate with Swed. kagge, Norw. kagg. Specific sense of barrel of beer is from 1945. U.S. student slang kegger party featuring a keg of… … Etymology dictionary
