bar crawl

noun

plural bar crawls
: the visiting of various bars in succession especially as a social activity : pub crawl
A bar crawl is simply going from one drinking spot to the next, but the fun part is who you do it with.Tyler Marie Lawrence

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Special events fill the calendar to give visitors more to do than just a bar crawl along Duval Street. Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 7 Mar. 2025 And for everyone who doesn’t do Valentine’s Day but still wants to do Valentine’s Day, there’s the San Jose Love Fest, a six-hour bar crawl through 10 hotspots around San Pedro Square on Sunday, starting at noon. Sal Pizarro, The Mercury News, 14 Feb. 2025 When: Saturday, March 1 Cost: $18.45+ Rich & Bennett’s St. Patrick’s Day Bar Crawl Paint the town green to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day with Rich & Bennett’s 23rd St. Patrick’s Day bar crawl in Uptown. Alexis Clinton, Axios, 6 Jan. 2025 Then book a pre-game bar crawl with Arizona Party Bike, whose tours dovetail with spring training games. Nora Heston Tarte, The Mercury News, 3 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for bar crawl

Word History

First Known Use

1959, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of bar crawl was in 1959

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“Bar crawl.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bar%20crawl. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.

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