house party

noun

: a party lasting over one or more nights at a residence (such as a home or fraternity house)

Examples of house party in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Here, we are transported from a pulsing house party basement to a chain coffee shop—from music that catches our attention across a crowded room to the kind that fades easily behind an espresso machine. —Linnie Greene, Pitchfork, 29 Apr. 2026

In the first onscreen interaction between them, Rue, now working as a drug mule for a dealer named Laurie (Martha Kelly), wends her way through a labyrinthine house party before meeting Alamo, sitting in a hot tub, flanked by four strippers, and wearing a Speedo and a cowboy hat. —Molly Lambert, Vulture, 20 Apr. 2026

The shooting was reported at a house party in the 800 block of Casselman Drive. —Nicole Buss, Sacbee.com, 19 Apr. 2026

To find someone to mix margaritas at your house party, contact the Columbia Bartending Agency or chat up your favorite local bartender or server. —The Editors, Curbed, 16 Apr. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1827, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for house party

• counterparty
• multiparty
• arty
• carty
• hearty
• parti
• astarte
• mccarty
• nonparty