cocktail party

noun

Definition of cocktail partynext
as in tea party

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Recent Examples of cocktail party His cutlery’s subtly unusual proportions manage to be elegant and playful at the same time, like that perfect joke that lands gracefully at a cocktail party, where everyone laughs and nobody chortles. — Emily Watlington, ARTnews.com, 24 Aug. 2026 On Friday afternoon, Disney’s marketing team hosted a cocktail party for influencers. — Samantha Masunaga, Los Angeles Times, 18 Aug. 2026 And somehow — because this is how life on the cocktail party circuit works sometimes — their paths converged, maybe 30 yards from Babe Ruth’s plaque and just around the corner from the goosebumpy Ted Williams sculpture. — Jayson Stark, New York Times, 27 July 2026 The living room, meanwhile, was large enough for an intimate cocktail party, with a wet bar and plenty of comfortable seating. — Denny Lee, Travel + Leisure, 26 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for cocktail party
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cocktail party
  1. tea party
  2. house party
  3. hen party
  4. tea
  5. supper
  6. meet and greet
  7. symposium
  8. social
Noun
  • This is the kind of show where an opulent tea party is dramatized not just by many different plates of fancy pastries, fancy wreaths and lots of furniture, but by having all that stuff carted in by a dozen or so butlers, maids and other servants.
    — Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 1 Oct. 2026
  • There is also a tea party room serving a variety of sweet treats inspired by the book, including cakes representing a white rabbit, a red rose and a mushroom.
    — K.J. Yossman, Variety, 29 Sep. 2026
Definition of tea party
Noun
  • The attacks in Cape Town, Johannesburg and Durban struck a restaurant, tavern and house party, and police have not announced motives in the latest cases.
    — Majd Al-Waheidi, NPR, 28 Sep. 2026
  • Police are searching for multiple suspects in both attacks, with no arrests reported; the shootings came five days after at least 11 people were killed at a house party near Durban.
    — Gerald Imray, Los Angeles Times, 27 Sep. 2026
Definition of house party
Noun
  • One hen party group nearly brought the roof down.
    — Harriet Marsden, TheWeek, 2 June 2026
  • Scottish hen parties were deemed to contain ritualistic profanation.
    — Victor J. Blue, Harpers Magazine, 23 Nov. 2025
Definition of hen party
Noun
  • There’s a wool tea room by French artist Agnès Debizet, Harry Nuriev built a Japanese-denim mahjong lounge, and French straw-marquetry master Lison de Caunes entwined twisted leather and shearling with Art Deco panels.
    — Lily Templeton, Footwear News, 29 Sep. 2026
  • Award-winning coffee from Daily Grind in Unionville, hot chocolate, tea, cheeseburgers, hot dogs, breakfast sandwiches, popcorn, candy, flew out that window.
    — Pamela McLoughlin, Hartford Courant, 28 Sep. 2026
Definition of tea
Noun
  • Bella chews him out for punching Angus in the face right before Angus’s big presentation, which Johnny knew about because they were supposed to throw a return supper for him, a dinner Johnny was supposed to cook.
    — Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 2 Oct. 2026
  • If the younger Kelce no longer has to sing for his supper, his quarterback’s own endorsement duties suggest that last year’s retreat was no fluke.
    — Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 30 Sep. 2026
Definition of supper
Noun
  • This event includes a character meet and greet, live entertainment, giveaways and trick-or-treat stations.
    — Paula Wethington, CBS News, 17 Sep. 2026
  • Christina Grimmie Christina Grimmie’s death shocked The Voice fans when she was shot and killed during a meet and greet on June 10, 2016.
    — Emma Banks, PEOPLE, 17 Sep. 2026
Definition of meet and greet
Noun
  • For The Times) UCLA Chancellor Julio Frenk’s statement to distance the university from a law school symposium on 9/11 has promoted growing faculty backlash over academic freedom.
    — Jaweed Kaleem, Los Angeles Times, 18 Sep. 2026
  • Those reading the tea leaves even focused on how Warsh kicked off his speech at the economic policy symposium sponsored by the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City in Jackson Hole, Wyoming.
    — Susan Tompor, Freep.com, 1 Sep. 2026
Definition of symposium
Noun
  • Hair loss and skin irritation during her time managing social at Huda Beauty in Dubai turned out to be caused by water quality, not product routine, an insight that would take years to translate into a viable brand.
    — Ritu Upadhyay, Footwear News, 19 Aug. 2026
  • Mastodon’s Bill Kelliher recently followed the band on socials.
    — Selena Fragassi, SPIN, 10 June 2026
Definition of social

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