Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A party at which beer is dispensed from a keg.

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  • noun slang A party at which beer is served from a keg.

Etymologies

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keg +‎ -er

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Examples

  • These morning folks may be asleep by the time the kegger is raring, but they will be vindicated when it's time to enter the real world.

    Boing Boing: March 28, 2004 - April 3, 2004 Archives 2004

  • July 31st, 2009 6: 47 pm ET and well you should be mocked. its truly embarrasing what passes for news these days. you had a countdown the the "kegger" on TV. with the congress looking to slap BILLIONS of dollars of taxes on working americans to pay for a healthcare bill that NOBODY likes, i'm surprised you devote TV, internet coverage to "what kind of beer will be served?",

    White House mocks coverage of 'Beer Summit' 2009

  • Others aim for the equivalent of a kegger, meaning that only the most egregious speech is barred.

    Mr. Know-It-All: Bannable Blog Behavior, Scam Bait, MySpace Geezers Brendan I. Koerner 2007

  • You guys are like a bunch of frat boys that blames the housekeeper that is trying to clean up after your 8 year "kegger".

    Drudge Retort 2010

  • You guys are like a bunch of frat boys that blames the housekeeper that is trying to clean up after your 8 year "kegger".

    Drudge Retort 2010

  • You guys are like a bunch of frat boys that blames the housekeeper that is trying to clean up after your 8 year "kegger".

    Drudge Retort 2010

  • You guys are like a bunch of frat boys that blames the housekeeper that is trying to clean up after your 8 year "kegger".

    Drudge Retort 2010

  • After the party jams, so mindless they make your typical frat kegger seem like something passed down from Dorothy Parker, there's some even worse crap that attempts to be socially conscious because the Black Eyed Peas do that sometimes I guess?

    fourfour: 2009

  • Although I am not suggesting that you will find OMD or New Order buried inside the digital sleeves, what you will find is music that would be perfectly at home at the kegger thrown by that goth kid in your high school class.

    Marc Ruxin: The Bestest 2010 -- Tunage Marc Ruxin 2011

  • Although I am not suggesting that you will find OMD or New Order buried inside the digital sleeves, what you will find is music that would be perfectly at home at the kegger thrown by that goth kid in your high school class.

    Marc Ruxin: The Bestest 2010 -- Tunage Marc Ruxin 2011

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