house party

noun

: a party lasting over one or more nights at a residence (such as a home or fraternity house)

Examples of house party in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Williamson, the former head of the Westcliff neighborhood association, got involved after coming home in 2015 only to be confronted with loud noise and vibrating bass from a nearby house party. —Harrison Mantas, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 11 Mar. 2025

What started as a house party Saturday night in the Fort Lauderdale area ended as a homicide, the Broward Sheriff’s Office said. —David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 9 Mar. 2025

People are always threatening the return of indie sleaze, but nothing fits my understanding of the concept more than cheekily trying on someone else’s fedora at a carpeted house party. —Kinsey Jasnoch, Vulture, 7 Mar. 2025

The records allege that Whitehead and Rathbone provided alcohol to a juvenile under 21 and hosted an underage house party. —Audrey Conklin, Fox News, 19 Feb. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1827, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for house party

• counterparty
• multiparty
• arty
• carty
• hearty
• parti
• astarte
• mccarty
• nonparty