pub crawl

noun

plural pub crawls
: the visiting of various pubs in succession especially as a social activity
The proximity of Osaka's many new craft beer bars is particularly conducive to a pub crawl.Ingrid K. Williams
… lately the city has become a destination for bachelor and bachelorette parties that arrive in droves and take to the streets by electric scooter- and pedal-powered pub crawls.Veronica Meewes

called also bar crawl

pub-crawl intransitive verb
pub-crawled; pub-crawling; pub-crawls
pub crawler noun
plural pub crawlers

Examples of pub crawl in a Sentence

She invited me to join them on a pub crawl.
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Word History

First Known Use

1914, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of pub crawl was in 1914

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“Pub crawl.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pub%20crawl. Accessed 4 Jul. 2024.

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