frat house
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7.0
- noun
- /fræt haʊs/
- Informal
:
casa de fraternidad
- Every Friday night, students gather at the frat house to socialize and unwind.
- go to the frat house
- living in the frat house
- party at a frat house
So we basically had a frat house and we're just young fun went out, partied all that.
- So we basically had a frat house and we're just young fun went out, partied all that.
- And I swear to you, I went, I'm not even going to be part of the the frat house or the practical jokes.
Examples
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I was tired of living in the frat house I'd built for degenerates.
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- Your eyes are dilated, you smell like a frat house, and the two of you have been laughing as if you're at a standup comedy show.
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- They took me to some frat house somewhere.
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Yeah, she came to the frat house and we met at a party.
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Why are they running around inside the frat house?
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What kind of frat house would this be without one?
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The frat house is having a New Year's Eve party.
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Well, yeah, but we can't have a party here at the frat house anymore.
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But it is hard to let go of the frat house intellectual banter over cheap beer and dirty socks.
Blog text (5) -
After they receive notice that the dean has won and will be expelling them, the gang mopes around the frat house until Bluto, played by the hilarious John Belushi, tries to rally them to glory.
Blog text (29)
Synonyms
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3.3
A house where members of a college student group live and meet
A house where members of a fraternity live and meet
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a house used by a fraternity' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'frat' (fraternity/social organization for college men) with 'house' (a residential building); it is a straightforward noun+noun composition. Although 'frat' is informal, the semantic relation is literal and cross-linguistically accessible, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents would understand it.
Etymology
Frat house combines frat (short for the word 'fraternity', meaning 'brothers') and house. It began as the name for a house where college 'brothers' live together, so today frat house means a house used by a fraternity and is often known for parties.