TEA PARTY


Meaning of TEA PARTY in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ noun ]

Date: 1778

1. : an afternoon social gathering at which tea is served

2.

[from the Boston Tea Party, name applied to the occasion in 1773 when a shipment of tea was thrown into Boston harbor in protest against the tax on imports]

: an exciting disturbance or proceeding

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.