party girl
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6.3
- noun
- /ˈpɑrti ɡɜrl/
- Informal
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fiestera
- She wants to let everyone know that she is more than just a "wild party girl" and that she has depth and a sense of humor and stuff.
- a real party girl
- a little party girl
And then Scarlett Johansson plays this dingbat party girl, really spaced out chick, right?
- And then Scarlett Johansson plays this dingbat party girl, really spaced out chick, right?
- Be quite honestly, I mean, I had spent many years as a party girl.
- So like if I get if I'm drinking tequila, I'm definitely a party girl, but I will fight really fast.
- It seems as though she is vapid and vacuous and just a kind of fun frilly party girl, but deep inside has a roiling inner life.
- And then I get deposited into this inescapable weapons grade bunker of those party boys and party girls.
Examples
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At college, being a party girl was all about having fun and connecting with new people every weekend.
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Then, "the thing to do was to be a party girl," she recalled.
Academic text (1993) -
From what I understand, Cheryl was a real party girl.
Fiction book (1995) -
You're no cute little party girl anymore.
Fiction book (2000) -
But November is the release of her new album Warrior; she will show the world that she's more than just a party girl.
Blog text (3) -
I had Ashley Mears, who is a social psychologist on the show and she studied the behaviour of party girls in the VIP clubbing scene in New York.
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She was known as the ultimate party girl, always the life of the event with her vibrant energy.
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Everyone loved to invite Sophie because she was a true party girl who always made gatherings exciting.
Synonyms
22
3.9
A person who often goes to parties and enjoys meeting people
13
3.7
A person who is lively and makes people laugh at parties
10
3.0
A person who often goes to parties and enjoys them
8
4.0
A person who often goes to parties and likes to have fun
1
3.7
A person who likes going to parties and meeting people
1
7.5
A woman who likes parties and has fun with others
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6.1
A woman who enjoys parties, going out, and lively social events
A woman who often goes to parties and likes going out at night
A person who makes parties fun by being lively and entertaining others
Antonyms
21
5.1
A person who prefers being alone or small groups and feels tired by social activity
How Social
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a woman who frequently attends parties' is directly and compositionally derived from 'party' (a social gathering) + 'girl' (a female), so a learner who knows both words can infer the MWE. This noun-noun combination and its sense are cross-linguistically common and follow standard English compounding patterns, making it immediately comprehensible to a B1 learner.
Etymology
The noun party girl comes from a simple image: the words party and girl suggest a young woman who spends a lot of time at parties, dancing, laughing and making the night lively. That's why it means 'a woman who often goes to parties and is outgoing at social events'.