bachelor party

noun

|Updated on: 12 Jul 2018

Definition of bachelor party

: a party for a man who is about to be married usually attended by men only

The plot is perfect. It's got three groomsmen taking a groom to Vegas for a bachelor party, only the next morning the three groomsmen can't remember a single thing that happened, that's how blotto they got.
—Erik Hedegaard

Recent Examples of bachelor party from the Web

The short-term rental phenomenon has ignited fights in many communities, notably in tourist draws like San Francisco, Santa Monica and the wine country, where people gather for bachelor parties, weddings and other big events.

— tony bizjak and kellen browning, sacbee, "The 'hotel' next door: Airbnb rentals face backlash in some Sacramento neighborhoods," 17 June 2018
Attending the Monaco Formula One Grand Prix in Monte Carlo on Sunday, Harington brought Liam Cunningham and Nikolaj Coster-Waldau along, too, making the trip look like a low-key bachelor party.

— amy mackelden, Harper's BAZAAR, "Kit Harington Hits the Monaco Grand Prix With Game of Thrones Co-Stars Ahead of His Wedding," 27 May 2018
Five years later, he was accused of stabbing a man to death with a butcher knife at a bachelor party on Staten Island, though a grand jury declined to charge him in that case.

— alan feuer, New York Times, "Former Police Officer Gets 14 Years for Role as Gangster’s Enforcer," 27 Mar. 2018
Teaming up with her best friend, John (Malcolm Cumming), Anna and her crew fight their way through zombified snowmen, a ravenous bachelor party and high school hormones to try and save family and faculty alike.

— mia galuppo, The Hollywood Reporter, "Orion Pictures Nabs Zombie Holiday Musical 'Anna and the Apocalypse'," 9 Jan. 2018
No one knows how to cut loose and have a good time in the offseason quite like New England Patriots tight end Rob Gronkowski, who recently crashed a bachelor party dressed as a leprechaun, had a dance battle with Shaq in Miami, and fired a minigun.

— nick schwartz, For The Win, "Watch this delightful supercut of Gronk being Gronk," 15 May 2018
Campos was visiting from California for a bachelor party when the encounter unfolded on April 30, 2017.

— andrew craft, Fox News, "Sucker punch in Vegas bar fight leads to murder sentencing," 11 Apr. 2018
Think: bachelor parties, concerts, and three-day weekends when everyone in your ’hood is up for a good time (wink, wink).

— megan gustashaw, GQ, "3 Ways to Wear White Jeans This Summer," 26 May 2018
That makes it a particularly apt time to tell the story of Chin, who died four days after he was beaten with a baseball bat while leaving his own bachelor party.

— dan deluca, Philly.com, "Asian Arts Initiative's 'Activist Songbook' inspired by racially motivated murder," 2 May 2018

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