bar crawl

noun

plural bar crawls

: the visiting of various bars in succession especially as a social activity : pub crawl

A bar crawl is simply going from one drinking spot to the next, but the fun part is who you do it with.

—Tyler Marie Lawrence

Examples of bar crawl in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Tickets also guarantee free entry into participating bars and an afterparty, food specials, access to a digital bar crawl map and professional photo opps. —Haadiza Ogwude, Cincinnati Enquirer, 16 Mar. 2026

One day prior to his arrest, a report from The Hollywood Reporter saw employees at several New Orleans businesses claim that LaBeouf had been showing up at various drinking establishments in the city's Uptown neighborhood, on an apparent bar crawl that began on Thursday. —Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 17 Feb. 2026

Shia LaBeouf‘s Mardi Gras bar crawl has come to an unfortunate end. —Hilary Lewis, HollywoodReporter, 17 Feb. 2026

In addition to the ball and the live music, there is a bar crawl, polar plunge, 8K run, and Bands & Bloody's Brunch. —Libby Smith, CBS News, 14 Jan. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1959, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for bar crawl

• aldol
• armhole
• atoll
• awol
• backhaul
• banal
• baseball
• befall
• cabal
• catchall
• cecal
• centrale