beer bust

American  

noun

Informal.

1. a large, usually boisterous party, as for college students, club members, or soldiers, at which beer is the sole or principal beverage and is consumed in large quantities.

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Etymology

Origin of beer bust

First recorded in 1960–65

Example Sentences

He is the tailgater, a participant in an event that is part block party, part fraternity beer bust, part Shriners' parade and all Middle-American ritual.

From Time Magazine Archive

The group sings soupy, over-orchestrated versions of Belorussian folk tunes and looks like a polka band that got lost on the way to a beer bust.

From Time Magazine Archive

Central National has avoided anything so flamboyant as a beer bust, but its club activities run the gamut from Caribbean cruises to courses in speed reading.

From Time Magazine Archive

He never cut a smoker, a beer bust, or a rush, and he toured the Pacific Coast with the Banjo and Mandolin Club.

From The Little Lady of the Big House by London, Jack

And I have never been inveigled into another beer bust.

From John Barleycorn by London, Jack