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PARTY POOPER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does party pooper mean?
• PARTY POOPER (noun)
The noun PARTY POOPER has 1 sense:
1. someone who spoils the pleasure of others
Familiarity information: PARTY POOPER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Someone who spoils the pleasure of others
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
killjoy; party pooper; spoilsport; wet blanket
Hypernyms ("party pooper" is a kind of...):
persona non grata; unwelcome person (a person who for some reason is not wanted or welcome)
Domain usage:
colloquialism (a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "party pooper"):
fuss-budget; fusspot; worrier; worrywart (thinks about unfortunate things that might happen)
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