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Definition: SURPRISE PARTY |
SURPRISE PARTY1. A party of persons who assemble by mutual agreement, and without invitation, at the house of a common friend. [U.S.] --Bartlett. Syn: Wonder; astonishment; amazement. |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Sociality | Party, entertainment, reception, levee, at, home, conversazione, soiree, matin_e; evening party, morning party, afternoon party, bridge party, garden party, surprise party; kettle, kettle drum; partie carr_e, dish of tea, ridotto, rout; housewarming; ball, festival; smoker, smoker-party;sociable, stag party, hen party, tamasha; tea-party, tea-fight. (amusement); " the feast of reason and the flow of soul ". |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | Oh, it's just it's Buffy's birthday, and we're throwing her a surprise party. (Buffy the Vampire Slayer; writing credit: Doreen Spicer) For years I went around thinking a surprise party was being planned for me! (Soap; writing credit: Jos Gevers; Jeroom Verten) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Mickey's Surprise Party (1939) Kaiser's Surprise Party (1918) Surprise Party (1983) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
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Theater & Movies | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | A surprise party. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Rice's Surprise Party. Credit: Library of Congress. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
surprise party | 154 |
surprise party invitation | 66 |
surprise party idea | 35 |
planning a surprise party | 11 |
surprise party sex toy | 5 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "SURPRISE PARTY"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||
Hebrew | מסבת ×"פתע×". (various references) | ||||
Hungarian | végrehajtó csapat, rajtaütést, meglepetésszerű csoportos látogatás. (various references) | ||||
Pig Latin | urprisesay artypay | ||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-i-p-p-r-r-r-s-s-t-u-y" | |
-4 letters: apprisers, papyruses, pasturers, peripatus, priapuses, sparriest, spurriers, strappers, strippers, superstar, surpriser, upraisers. | |
-5 letters: appriser, apprises, asperity, aspirers, epistasy, papistry, partiers, partyers, pasteups, pastries, pasturer, pastures, periapts, perspiry, piasters, piastres, praisers, pursiest, raptures, raspiest, resprays, sappiest, sparrier, sparsity, sprayers, spurrers, spurreys, spurrier, spurries, starrier, stirrers, stirrups, strapper, strayers, stripers, stripper, superspy, surprise, tarriers. | |
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| 1. Definition 2. Usage: Modern 3. Usage: Commercial 4. Images: Slideshow | 5. Images: Photo Album 6. Expressions: Internet 7. Translations: Modern 8. Anagrams | 9. Bibliography |
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