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

No suspects have been detained after at least two were injured in a shooting Friday night at a house party in Rio Linda, deputies said. —Sean Campbell, Sacbee.com, 9 Aug. 2025

Unlike other tests that can take several minutes or require privacy to use, this method is fast and low-profile, perfect for crowded clubs, bars, or house parties. —Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 6 Aug. 2025

Frenetic, handheld scenes of Jordan’s friends guzzling handles of Tito’s at house parties give way to impressionistic passages of those same friends walking through a local nature preserve or pumping gas in the small hours before daylight. —Dana Harris-Bridson, IndieWire, 4 Aug. 2025

Police also arrested Brian Baker, 18, the man suspected of shooting outside the house party, documents said. —Maritza Dominguez, AZCentral.com, 31 July 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1827, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for house party

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