garage sale

noun

: a sale of used household or personal articles (such as furniture, tools, or clothing) held on the seller's own premises

Synonyms

• tag sale
• yard sale

Examples of garage sale in a Sentence

prior to the move they held a garage sale to clear out all of their unwanted stuff

Recent Examples on the Web

The garage sale was staged near the Park Blvd Plaza and at one point had nearly 1,000 people in a line that wrapped up and around a walkway, down the right field line all the way behind home plate. —Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Feb. 2025

At a garage sale in Minnesota, an antiques collector bought a thick impasto oil painting of a fisherman for less than $50. —Francesca Aton, ARTnews.com, 29 Jan. 2025

Yard and garage sales were flush with the sale of paperbacks. —Charles Selle, Chicago Tribune, 19 Feb. 2025

Opening on Valentine’s Day, Jacqueline Sullivan’s new show is all about cups: as cherished wedding gifts, antiques sitting in your grandmother’s curio cabinet, detritus at the garage sale, and collectibles reinvented by contemporary artists. —Morgan Meier, Curbed, 12 Feb. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1964, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for garage sale

• abigail
• cottontail
• countervail
• fingernail
• martingale
• mesoscale
• microscale
• monorail
• nanoscale
• ponytail
• swallowtail
• wensleydale

Kids Definition

garage sale

noun

: a sale of used household or personal items (as furniture or clothing) held at the seller's home