Usually means: Social gathering with mixed drinks.
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We found 19 dictionaries that define the word cocktail party:

General (17 matching dictionaries)
  1. cocktail party: Merriam-Webster
  2. cocktail party: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. cocktail party: Collins English Dictionary
  4. cocktail party: Vocabulary.com
  5. cocktail-party: Wordnik
  6. cocktail party: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. cocktail party: Wiktionary
  8. cocktail party: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. cocktail party, the cocktail party: Dictionary.com
  10. Cocktail party, The Cocktail Party: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. cocktail party: Rhymezone
  12. cocktail party: FreeDictionary.org
  13. cocktail party: Mnemonic Dictionary
  14. cocktail party: TheFreeDictionary.com
  15. cocktail party: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. cocktail party: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. cocktail party: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (cocktail party)

▸ noun:  A party at which cocktails are served.

Similar:
cocktail bar, cocktail table, cocktail lounge, cocktail cabinet, party, house party, pool party, cash bar, cellarette, bar room, more...

Opposite:
sober gathering, teparty, networking event

Types:
mixer, reception, open house, meet and greet, networking event, more...

Phrases:
cocktail party effect, cocktail party graph, The Cocktail Party, more...

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Similar:
cocktail bar, cocktail table, cocktail lounge, cocktail cabinet, party, house party, pool party, cash bar, cellarette, bar room, more...

Opposite:
sober gathering, teparty, networking event

Types:
mixer, reception, open house, meet and greet, networking event, more...

Phrases:
cocktail party effect, cocktail party graph, The Cocktail Party, more...



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