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to pub-crawl

to pub-crawl

7.4
To visit several pubs in one night, drinking at each one
  • phrasal verb
  • Informal
translation icon : ir de bares
  • He suggested we pub-crawl downtown, visiting a new pub each hour for drinks and music.

Examples

  • Every Saturday, my friends and I pub-crawl through the city, trying out new local beers at different bars.

  • Apparently the thing to do here on the island, if you're not into pub crawling, is watch movies at restaurants.

  • During the festival, many tourists join us as we pub-crawl from one lively pub to the next.

Synonyms

to bar hop
vsto pub-crawl
  • Informal
1 6.9

To go from bar to bar, drinking at each place

is the same activity often involving several venues in one outing
to barhop
vsto pub-crawl
  • Informal
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
  • Informal
7.4
to bar hop
  • Informal
1 6.9

Surface Forms

pub-crawl infinitive
pub-crawled past
pub-crawled past participle
pub-crawling present participle
pub-crawls third person singular

Morphology

pub-crawl = pub + crawl (transparent) = pub + crawl

The meaning is directly formed from 'pub' + 'crawl' (visit pubs in sequence); the verb sense is a straightforward verbalization of the compound noun.

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.