gatecrasher

• gate crasher
• gate-crasher

From gate +‎ crasher.

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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.

• gatecrash
• crashing
• crasher

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

• “gatecrasher”, in Collins English Dictionary.
• “gatecrasher”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
• “gatecrasher”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “gatecrasher”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.