to pub-crawl
1
7.4
To visit several pubs in one night, drinking at each one
- phrasal verb
- Informal
:
ir de bares
- He suggested we pub-crawl downtown, visiting a new pub each hour for drinks and music.
Examples
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Every Saturday, my friends and I pub-crawl through the city, trying out new local beers at different bars.
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Apparently the thing to do here on the island, if you're not into pub crawling, is watch movies at restaurants.
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During the festival, many tourists join us as we pub-crawl from one lively pub to the next.
Synonyms
4
6.9
To go from bar to bar, drinking at each place
is the same activity often involving several venues in one outing
1
6.9
To visit several bars or pubs in one night for drinks
is the broader term for the same social moving between venues not limited to one night
How Extensive
to pub-crawl
1
7.4
- Informal
1
7.4
to bar hop
4
6.9
- Informal
4
6.9
Surface Forms
pub-crawl infinitive
pub-crawled past
pub-crawled past participle
pub-crawling present participle
pub-crawls third person singular
Morphology
Etymology
Pub-crawl joins pub ('a bar') and crawl ('to move slowly, like a baby'), giving a simple picture of people moving from one pub to the next. So, to pub-crawl is to go from pub to pub, usually drinking at each place.