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Meaning of "gate-crash" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

PRONUNCIATION OF GATE-CRASH

gate-crash


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF GATE-CRASH

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Gate-Crash is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb gate-crash in English.

WHAT DOES GATE-CRASH MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Gate crashing

Gate crashing, gatecrashing or party crashing is the act of attending an invitation-only event when not invited. The person doing the gate crashing is known as a gate crasher. Reasons for gate crashing include but are not limited to: ▪ Avoiding entry fees ▪ Gaining access to free food and beverages ▪ Gaining access to a party that they wanted to be invited to but weren't ▪ Taking pictures of famous people ▪ Having pictures taken with famous people And more serious crimes like: ▪ Stalking ▪ Kidnapping ▪ Murder ▪ Theft ▪ Fraud, and ▪ Causing general disruptions. Various techniques that involve blending in with the crowd can be used to gain access to some events. Various measures can be taken to prevent gate crashers from gaining access such as collecting invitations at the door and employing staff to identify potential uninvited guests, but such measures can still be thwarted by a skilled gate crasher.

Definition of gate-crash in the English dictionary

The definition of gate-crash in the dictionary is to gain entry to without invitation or payment.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO GATE-CRASH

PRESENT

Present
I gate-crash
you gate-crash
he/she/it gate-crashes
we gate-crash
you gate-crash
they gate-crash
Present continuous
I am gate-crashing
you are gate-crashing
he/she/it is gate-crashing
we are gate-crashing
you are gate-crashing
they are gate-crashing
Present perfect
I have gate-crashed
you have gate-crashed
he/she/it has gate-crashed
we have gate-crashed
you have gate-crashed
they have gate-crashed
Present perfect continuous
I have been gate-crashing
you have been gate-crashing
he/she/it has been gate-crashing
we have been gate-crashing
you have been gate-crashing
they have been gate-crashing
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I gate-crashed
you gate-crashed
he/she/it gate-crashed
we gate-crashed
you gate-crashed
they gate-crashed
Past continuous
I was gate-crashing
you were gate-crashing
he/she/it was gate-crashing
we were gate-crashing
you were gate-crashing
they were gate-crashing
Past perfect
I had gate-crashed
you had gate-crashed
he/she/it had gate-crashed
we had gate-crashed
you had gate-crashed
they had gate-crashed
Past perfect continuous
I had been gate-crashing
you had been gate-crashing
he/she/it had been gate-crashing
we had been gate-crashing
you had been gate-crashing
they had been gate-crashing
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will gate-crash
you will gate-crash
he/she/it will gate-crash
we will gate-crash
you will gate-crash
they will gate-crash
Future continuous
I will be gate-crashing
you will be gate-crashing
he/she/it will be gate-crashing
we will be gate-crashing
you will be gate-crashing
they will be gate-crashing
Future perfect
I will have gate-crashed
you will have gate-crashed
he/she/it will have gate-crashed
we will have gate-crashed
you will have gate-crashed
they will have gate-crashed
Future perfect continuous
I will have been gate-crashing
you will have been gate-crashing
he/she/it will have been gate-crashing
we will have been gate-crashing
you will have been gate-crashing
they will have been gate-crashing
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would gate-crash
you would gate-crash
he/she/it would gate-crash
we would gate-crash
you would gate-crash
they would gate-crash
Conditional continuous
I would be gate-crashing
you would be gate-crashing
he/she/it would be gate-crashing
we would be gate-crashing
you would be gate-crashing
they would be gate-crashing
Conditional perfect
I would have gate-crash
you would have gate-crash
he/she/it would have gate-crash
we would have gate-crash
you would have gate-crash
they would have gate-crash
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been gate-crashing
you would have been gate-crashing
he/she/it would have been gate-crashing
we would have been gate-crashing
you would have been gate-crashing
they would have been gate-crashing
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you gate-crash
we let´s gate-crash
you gate-crash
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to gate-crash
Past participle
gate-crashed
Present Participle
gate-crashing
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE GATE-CRASH

gate · gate money · gate valve · gate-crasher · gate-leg table · gate-legged table · gateau · gateaux · gated community · gatefold · gatefold sleeve · gatehouse · gatekeeper · gatekeeping · gateless · gatelike · gateman · gatepost · gater

WORDS THAT END LIKE GATE-CRASH

air crash · brash · car crash · concertina crash · crash · disk crash · heat rash · multiple crash · nappy rash · plane crash · postcrash · precrash · rash · road rash · thrash · trailer trash · train crash · trash · white trash · white-trash

Synonyms and antonyms of gate-crash in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «gate-crash» into 25 languages

TRANSLATOR

TRANSLATION OF GATE-CRASH

Find out the translation of gate-crash to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of gate-crash from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «gate-crash» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

门崩溃
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

gate -crash
570 millions of speakers
en

English

gate-crash
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

गेट क्रैश
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

بوابة تحطم
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

Ворота - аварии
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

porta -crash
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

অনধিকারপ্রবেশ করা
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

porte -crash
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Pintu-kemalangan
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

Gate - Crash
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

ゲートクラッシュ
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

게이트 충돌
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Gapura-crash
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

cổng tai nạn
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

வாயில் விபத்தில்
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

गेट-क्रॅश
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

gate-çarpışma
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

porta -crash
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator English - Polish

brama - Crash
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

Ворота - аварії
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

gate- crash
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

πύλη - συντριβή
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

hek - ongeluk
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

gate - krasch
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

gate- krasj
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of gate-crash

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «GATE-CRASH»

Principal search tendencies and common uses of gate-crash
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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about gate-crash

EXAMPLES

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «GATE-CRASH»

Discover the use of gate-crash in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to gate-crash and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Facility Manager's Guide to Security: Protecting Your Assets
More room is necessary inside the facility for opening the hinged gate than the sliding gate. Crash Barrier Because gates are made from fence material, it is not feasible to make them strong enough to act as a crash barrier. As a result a crash  ...
Robert N. Reid, 2005
2
Expose [Stephanie Beauman 2]
She'd gate crash. Wardrobe was very accommodating. Stephanie decided she was getting the hang of acting. Maria, the wardrobe manager, swallowed her rather unbelievable story about having to check out that her American lover who was ...
Simone Sinna, 2012
3
A Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English
The v., gate-crash, orig. rare, hardlyin Eng, at least—antedates 1930. Ex forcing one's way through a gate to attend an outdoor sport. gate(-)lever. That restlessness which affects long-term prisoners clue to be released fairly soon: prisons': ...
Eric Partridge, 2006
4
Roget's Superthesaurus
... quiet, solitary, preferring one's own company. ANT extroverted, outgoing. intrude v. obtrude, invade, interfere, barge in, 'hom in, infringe, meddle, 'butt in, interpose, 'gate-crash, encroach, trespass, interlope. intruder n. interloper, trespasser, ...
Marc McCutcheon, 2004
5
Langenscheidt Diccionario Moderno Inglés:
... gas; ~ engine motor m de turbina de gas gas-works nsg fabrica / de gas gate [ geit] of house, at airport puerta f, made of iron verja / ga-teau ['gaetou] tarta / gate' erash vlt: ~ a party colarse en una fiesta; gate-crash-er ['geitkraejar] co- lon(-ona)  ...
Langenscheidt, 2003
6
Webster's New World Roget's A-Z Thesaurus
6 [*To go uninvited] disturb, gate-crash*, intrude; see INTERRUPT, MEDDLE 1. crash program* n. crash project*, accelerated program, crash course*, intensive program, around-the-clock endeavor, marathon, speedup; see also EMERGENCY ...
Charlton Laird, 2005
7
Webster's New World Thesaurus
6 [*To go uninvited] disturb, gate-crash*, intrude; see INTERRUPT, MEDDLE 1. crash program* n. crash project*, accelerated program, crash course*, intensive program, around-the-clock endeavor, marathon, speedup; see also ...
Charlton Laird, 2003
8
Shorter Slang Dictionary
... party uninvited, by guile or by force. Since around 1928. Short for the verb gate -crash, a back-formation from gate-crasher. crashing bore a very tedious or tiresome person or thing. From around 1915. crown 57 crash pad a bed for the night; ...
Paul Beale, Eric Partridge, Rosalind Fergusson, 2003
9
Comprehensive English-Hindi dictionary:
Gate 594 Gaul ^cTItT 3jft ^TT 3Tf^f^ | Gate crash, to enter without payment or invitation fclT IT f^TT 7Je3> T5^ *RT ^RT, 3T^ TT^T TOT 1 Gatekeeper, a porter <; <«IH, I Gatemeeting, a meeting to which entrance is limited by payment of fees IT ^T ...
Bholānātha Tivārī, Amaranātha Kapūra, Viśvaprakāśa Gupta, 1998
10
Brash gate-crasher's busy round with Mr K.
... to gate-crash by saying I was a cattle expert, but before I could, one of the security agents from Washington CELEBRATING THE GAG, Christensen holds newspaper with picture of him and K. Headline is quote from Khrushchev as he kidded ...

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «GATE-CRASH»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term gate-crash is used in the context of the following news items.
1
West Ham United - The Slate`s Wiped Clean!
... somewhere, there could be an opportunity for somebody to gate-crash the eleven, somebody that might not have been given the freedom to ... «Vitalfootball, Jul 15»
2
Baahubali! Chant Fans as Movie hits Both High and Low
Even those without a ticket, lined up outside in an attempt to somehow gate-crash. Security teams kept a close watch to prevent any untoward ... «The New Indian Express, Jul 15»
3
With new album and movie in tow, Singapore's Sezairi is one busy …
“We are currently looking at venues, but we are trying to find some place private, where people won't gate-crash, because it happens,” he said, ... «Malay Mail Online, Jul 15»
4
P. Fury: Haye Trying To Cherry Pick His Way To Wilder
"What we have there is David Haye trying to gate-crash and cherry pick his way to the top," Peter Fury said on Buncey's Boxing Podcast. «BoxingScene.com, Jul 15»
5
Goons as Bouncers in Film Sets irk Cops
KOCHI: Film crews often hire security guards and professional bouncers to manage restless fans who gate-crash sets for a glimpse of their ... «The New Indian Express, Jun 15»
6
Why Jwala Gutta and Ashwin Ponappa are the jewels of India...
... forceful Indian pair went in at a high career rank of World No 13 and at the end of the two-week sojourn is likely to gate-crash into the Top 10. «Mid-Day, Jun 15»
7
Lalit Modi now trying to divert attention by taking names of Robert …
The BJP is trying to pull the wool over the public eyes by drawing parallels between the meetings of BJP stalwarts and Vadra Modi gate-crash. «Merinews, Jun 15»
8
Hello sailor, it's the Wellington Sea Shanty Society
Did you get invited to play the Paimpol Festival in France or are you planning to gate-crash it? We were invited! To France's (maybe the world's ... «Stuff.co.nz, Jun 15»
9
PSL: Head bashing and horse trading
Not to be outdone, Orlando Pirates gave details of three new signings of their own just hours later, as if to gate-crash the Chiefs announcement. «Mail & Guardian Online, Jun 15»
10
Minions, Greg James, BBC North - what could possibly go wrong?
However, during their tour, they gate-crash Blue Peter, BBC Sport, the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra and even ITV's Coronation Street. «Prolific North, Jun 15»
REFERENCE
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