how to pronounce gatecrash

/ˈɡɛɪt.kɹæʃ/

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gatecrash is pronounced in two syllables

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ɡɛɪtkɹæʃ

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An example use of gatecrash in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… heckling tried to gatecrash Churchill's …”

meanings of gatecrash

noun:

  1. Part of a traditional Chinese wedding ceremony in which the groom and his groomsmen complete several difficult or embarrassing tasks prepared by the bridesmaids to prove his love for the bride.
  2. An instance of gatecrashing a party, event, etc.

verb:

  1. To attend a social event without having been invited, or without having paid.

gatecrash frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word gatecrash occurs in english on average 0.2 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics gatecrash can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that gatecrash can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;

2) people, society, and culture;

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