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

Plenty of people hire the whole place and throw the ultimate decadent house party. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 Sep. 2026

Biles was quickly approached by Paris Hilton’s husband Carter Reum and invited to a house party. — Kenneal Patterson, Vanity Fair, 11 Sep. 2026

Eight people were shot and one was killed at a house party on Weir Street in Taunton, Massachusetts. — CBS News, 10 Sep. 2026

Officials released the name of the man stabbed to death at a Northwest Boise house party in the early hours of Labor Day, but law enforcement still does not have a suspect. — Sally Krutzig, Idaho Statesman, 8 Sep. 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