Informal a person who attends a social affair without an invitation or attends a performance, etc. without paying admission
gate crasher
gate·-crasher
noun
The definition of a gate crasher is a person who attends some event or social affair without being invited or without having proper credentials (like a ticket) to get in.
An example of a gate crasher is a person who just shows up and comes into a party uninvited.
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Noun
(plural gatecrashers)
- (slang) A person who enters some event without a ticket or invitation, either by sneaking in, or talking their way past a ticket taker, or some other stealthy technique, rather than a confrontational encounter.
Origin
gate crash + -er
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