party game
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- noun
- /ˈpɑrti ɡeɪm/
- Let's play a fun party game to break the ice during the gathering.
- play party game
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- And of course now we're going to listen to your voicemails after we talk about our new freaking party game.
Examples
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Everyone laughed and enjoyed the party game we played after dinner.
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We'll have some dancing, some music, then some party games.
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Hey, who wants to play a party game?
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This is a little party game your mother taught me.
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We should play party games!
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Okay, it's party game time!
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Now it's time for party games.
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Hey I got this great party game we can all play since we're all sitting in a circle.
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"Remember that party game of Telephone we used to play as kids?" the attorney had asked.
Fiction book (1995) -
I remember when I used to work in Sydney, we played this party game at the crimbo party.
Synonyms
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1.0
An activity with rules that people play for fun or competition
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3.9
A game people play indoors for fun at parties
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Morphology
The meaning 'a game played to entertain guests at a social gathering' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'party' (a social occasion) and 'game' (a recreational activity). This simple noun-noun composition follows common cross-linguistic patterns and would be immediately understood by a B1 learner who knows both constituents.
Etymology
Party game comes from the simple idea of a party and a game together: imagine people at a party playing a quick, fun activity to laugh and 'break the ice'. So it means 'a game played to entertain guests at a social gathering'.