gatecrasher

See also: gate crasher and gate-crasher

English

Alternative forms

• gate crasher
• gate-crasher

Etymology

gate +‎ crasher

Pronunciation

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Noun

gatecrasher (plural gatecrashers)

1. (slang) A person who enters some event without a ticket or invitation, either by stealth or by deception.
2. (Asian English) The groom or one of his groomsmen when partaking in the gatecrashing ritual of a traditional Chinese wedding.

Related terms

• gatecrash
• crashing
• crasher

Translations

a person who gatecrashes

• Finnish: kuokkavieras (fi)
• French: incruste (fr), pique-assiette (fr), resquilleur (fr) m, resquilleuse (fr) f
• Georgian: უბილეთო (ubileto), დაუპატიჟებელი სტუმარი (dauṗaṭižebeli sṭumari)
• German: Eindringling (de) m
• Macedonian: падо́бранец m (padóbranec)
• Polish: wchodzący na krzywy ryj (colloquial)
• Portuguese: penetra (pt)
• Russian: незва́ный гость m (nezványj gostʹ), незва́ная го́стья f (nezvánaja góstʹja) (uncalled guest); безбиле́тник (ru) m (bezbilétnik), безбиле́тница (ru) f (bezbilétnica) (without a ticket)
• Spanish: paracaidista (es) m or f, colado (es), gorrón (es)
• Tagalog: kalatog-pinggan

See also

• intruder, interloper, peeping tom, persona non grata, encroacher, backseat driver, kibitzer, meddler, nosy parker, marplot, buttinsky, busybody

Further reading

• “gatecrasher”, in Collins English Dictionary.
• “gatecrasher”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
• “gatecrasher”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “gatecrasher”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.