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crasher

crasher

25 7.5
A person who goes to a party without an invitation or payment
  • noun
  • /ˈkræʃər/
  • Informal
translation icon : colado
  • Security, we have a party-crasher.
  • party crashers
  • wedding crashers
  • gate crashers

And then another one is I have Lauren the Apple, Brittany Broski, Apple Dance crasher.

Examples

  • She told the two officers that both men were crashers, that they had slipped in uninvited while she was not looking.

    Fiction book (1997)

  • Party crasher took the food off the table.

    Gunner (2024)

  • We got a crasher, guys.

    Three Wishes (1995)

  • It seems we have a party crasher.

    Sherlock Gnomes (2018)

  • We've got a party crasher.

    Red Notice (2021)

  • I already feel a bit like a party crasher, infringing on a trip to a sacred place that has no significance to me.

    Blog text (10)

  • She felt nervous, like a party-crasher, as the phone rang and rang.

    Fiction book (1999)

  • The security guards seemed to be cool and well-trained, ushering gate-crashers out with a minimum of fuss.

    Blog text (14)

  • Someone noticed a crasher sneaking in the back door of the event.

  • The hosts were frustrated to find a crasher taking food from the buffet.

Synonyms

party crasher
vscrasher
  • Informal
7 7.0

A person who goes to a party without being invited and often causes trouble

may only mean arriving without invite or payment and not causing trouble
unwelcome guest
vscrasher
2 3.8

A person who comes to an event without being invited or wanted

is a neutral term for entering without invitation or payment
gatecrasher
vscrasher
  • Informal
1 7.2

A person who goes to an event without being invited or paying

is the general label for the same act rather than longer form

Antonyms

invitee
3 3.3

A person who is asked to come to an event as a guest

Compounds

party crasher
  • Informal
7 7.0

A person who goes to a party without being invited and often causes trouble

Surface Forms

crasher singular
crashers plural

Morphology

crasher = crash (semi-transparent) = crash + er

Formation is regular (verb + -er → agent), but the relevant verb sense 'crash' = 'attend uninvited' is informal and may be unknown to some learners.

Etymology

Crasher comes from the verb crash and the ending -er, where -er means 'one who'. Think of someone 'crashing' a party like a car crash — sudden and without permission. That's why a crasher is a person who goes to a social event without an invitation.