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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The real trouble only starts when Jenny, the boss’ 19-year-old daughter (Arianna Rivas), is abducted by an eccentric pair of bad guys (Emmett J Scanlan and Eve Mauro as Viper and Artemis, radiating a real Team Rocket vibe) during a bar crawl with her friends. David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 26 Mar. 2025 New Year's Eve 2024: Best parties and bar crawls in metro Phoenix Happy Xmas, haters: In defense of Paul McCartney's 'Wonderful Christmastime' Is 'Die Hard' is a Christmas movie? Sahana Jayaraman, The Arizona Republic, 22 Dec. 2024 Christmas bar crawl: Various downtown establishments are leaning into the holiday spirit, including The Ruin, Flanker Kitchen + Sporting Club and The Vault. Kim Bojórquez, Axios, 12 Dec. 2024 Instead, locals mainly subsist on pintxos — the quicker, punchier Basque equivalent to Spanish tapas — which are downed as part of an everlasting bar crawl. Colin Wrenn, The Denver Post, 25 Mar. 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 16 Apr. 2025.

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