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}); } </script> <script language="javascript" type="text/javascript"> var pageDictCode = "english"; var authorized = false; </script> <div id="entryContent" class="oald"><div class="entry" htag="section" sum="273" hlength="11" id="kitty-party" hclass="entry" sk="kittyparty: :0" idm_id="000033299"><div class="top-container"><div class="top-g" id="kitty_party_topg_1"><div class="webtop"><h1 class="headword" htag="h1" hclass="headword" id="kitty_party_h_1">kitty party</h1> <span class="pos" htag="span" hclass="pos">noun</span><span class="phonetics"> <div class="phons_br" hclass="phons_br" wd="kitty party" htag="div" geo="br"><div class="sound audio_play_button pron-uk icon-audio" data-src-mp3="https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/media/english/uk_pron/k/kit/kitty/kitty_party_1_gb_1.mp3" data-src-ogg="https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/media/english/uk_pron_ogg/k/kit/kitty/kitty_party_1_gb_1.ogg" title="kitty party pronunciation English" style="cursor: pointer" valign="top">聽</div><span class="phon">/藞k瑟ti p蓱藧ti/</span></div> <div class="phons_n_am" hclass="phons_n_am" geo="n_am" htag="div" wd="kitty party"><div class="sound audio_play_button pron-us icon-audio" data-src-mp3="https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/media/english/us_pron/k/kit/kitty/kitty_party_1_us_1.mp3" data-src-ogg="https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/media/english/us_pron_ogg/k/kit/kitty/kitty_party_1_us_1.ogg" title="kitty party pronunciation American" style="cursor: pointer" valign="top">聽</div><span class="phon">/藞k瑟ti p蓱藧rti/</span></div></span><span class="labels" hclass="labels" htag="span">(especially Indian English)</span></div><a class="responsive_display_inline_on_smartphone link-right" href="#relatedentries"> jump to other results </a></div></div><ol class="sense_single" htag="ol"><li class="sense" htag="li" id="kittyparty_sng_1" hclass="sense"><span class="sensetop" hclass="sensetop" htag="span"><span class="def" hclass="def" htag="span">a regular social meeting of a group of women, held at either a member鈥檚 house or a restaurant, where each person gives an amount of money and one is chosen to receive the whole sum</span></span> <div id="ring-links-box"> <a target="_blank" href="https://learningenglishwithoxford.com/?utm_source=old-site&utm_medium=content-link&utm_campaign=old-content-links"> <p><strong>Join us</strong></p> <p>Join our community to access the latest language learning and assessment tips from Oxford University Press!</p> </a> </div> </li></ol><div class="pron-link">Check pronunciation: <a href="https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/pronunciation/english/kitty-party">kitty party</a></div></div> </div> </div> <div id='ad_btmslot' class='am-default'> <script type='text/javascript'>iaw.cmd.push(function() { iaw.display('ad_btmslot'); 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