party animal
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4.0
- noun
- /ˈpɑrti ˈænɪməl/
- Informal
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- My roommate is such a party animal; she's always organizing events and inviting friends over.
- a big party animal
- a real party animal
- just a party animal
No, because you were a party animal.
- No, because you were a party animal.
- First of all, let me just say that you're a party animal.
- And so, you know, my granddad was a party animal.
- But he was in gangs constantly going in and out of jail, selling drugs, and he loved just being a party animal, going out, meeting other women.
- They've made me a party animal, correct Snob.
- So he was all upset and he was a party animal raver.
Examples
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We can't have our main party animal going around with an empty glass, can we?
Fiction book (1999) -
- She's a bit of a party animal, to be honest.
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Over here, you big party animal.
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The guy's a party animal.
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Hey, party animal, you want to play?
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Can you be in a relationship and still be a party animal?
Blog text (8) -
But he had built up a reputation as a party animal...
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You're a born party animal.
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We're party animals.
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R.J.: Yeah, looks like we've got another member of the party animals club.
Fiction book (1999)
Synonyms
22
3.9
A person who often goes to parties and enjoys meeting people
15
3.5
A person who is the most lively and entertaining at a party
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6.3
A woman who often goes to parties and is lively
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3.0
A person who often goes to parties and enjoys them
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4.6
A person who loudly enjoys a party or festival
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3.7
A person who likes going to parties and meeting people
A person who makes parties fun by being lively and entertaining others
Antonyms
How Social
Surface Forms
Morphology
The noun 'party' clearly signals social gatherings, while 'animal' is used metaphorically to mean someone driven by strong appetites or instincts; together they plausibly suggest a person who avidly attends parties. Because understanding the idiomatic, evaluative use of 'animal' as an intensifier requires recognizing a metaphorical shift rather than strict compositionality, a B1 learner could guess the general idea but not fully predict the exact social nuance without exposure.
Etymology
The phrase party animal paints a picture of someone at a party acting like an excited animal—loud, energetic, and always on the move. So it came to mean 'someone who loves going to parties and socializing'.