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kegger

kegger

12 8.8
A party where people drink beer from a large keg
  • noun
  • /ˈkɛɡər/
  • Informal
translation icon : fiesta con barril (informal)
  • We're having a kegger in the backyard this Saturday, and everyone is invited.
  • throw a kegger
  • kegger party
  • go to a kegger

So they say, are you guys guys, guys invited for the kegger today, Friday?

Examples

  • Beta is having a kegger tonight.

    American Desi (2001)

  • So they say, are you guys guys, guys invited for the kegger today, Friday?

    Shawn Ryan Show

  • My college kids say things like "a kegger that never runs dry" or "legal drinking at the age of 18."

    Blog text (13)

  • Heard about a big kegger out here in the desert.

    It Came from the Desert (2018)

  • I'm not feeling the whole kegger thing.

    Spinning Man (2018)

  • You know, there's a kegger at Two Mile Run this weekend.

    Reversal (2001)

  • Apparently, there is a kegger on plum street by the creek.

    Not Cool (2014)

  • The social web means so much more to academia than finding out which students were really sick on exam day and which just went to a kegger the night before.

    Blog text (3)

  • They'd be throwing keggers and doing beer bongs.

    Blog text (28)

  • The days of the storied four-year residential college experience—filled with dorm living and fraternity keggers—are fading fast.

    Academic text (2010)

Synonyms

shindig
vskegger
  • Informal
29 8.6

A lively informal party with music and dancing

is a more specific event mainly about beer served from a large container
booze cruise
vskegger
  • Informal
1 8.2

A party on a boat where people drink alcohol

is a land party focused specifically on beer served from a large container

How Big

festival
178 1.0
kegger
  • Informal
12 8.8
party
∞ 1.0
get-together
  • Informal
46 1.9

Surface Forms

kegger singular
keggers plural

Morphology

kegger = keg (semi-transparent) = keg + er

The word is built from 'keg' plus '-er', but the specific meaning 'informal party' is a conventional slang extension rather than a fully regular compositional result.

Etymology

Kegger comes from keg ('a barrel for beer') plus the ending -er (which means 'one who' or 'a place for'). So, a kegger is a party where people drink beer from a keg.