gatecrasher

See also: gate crasher

English

Pronunciation

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Noun

gatecrasher (plural gatecrashers)

1. (slang) A person who enters some event without a ticket or invitation, either by stealth or by deception.
2. (Asian English) The groom or one of his groomsmen when partaking in the gatecrashing ritual of a traditional Chinese wedding.

Related terms

• gatecrash
• crashing
• crasher

Translations

a person who gatecrashes

• Finnish: kuokkavieras (fi)
• French: incruste (fr), pique-assiette (fr), resquilleur (fr) m, resquilleuse (fr) f
• Georgian: უბილეთო (ubileto), დაუპატიჟებელი სტუმარი (dauṗaṭižebeli sṭumari)
• German: Eindringling (de) m
• Portuguese: penetra (pt)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Russian: незва́ный гость m (nezványj gostʹ), незва́ная го́стья f (nezvánaja góstʹja) (uncalled guest); безбиле́тник (ru) m (bezbilétnik), безбиле́тница (ru) f (bezbilétnica) (without a ticket)
• Spanish: paracaidista (es) m or f, colado (es), gorrón (es)
• Tagalog: kalatog-pinggan

See also

• intruder, interloper, peeping tom, persona non grata, encroacher, backseat driver, kibitzer, meddler, nosy parker, marplot, buttinsky, busybody