Afters
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Afters is a noun meaning (British, Ireland, informal, uncountable) Dessert.
Meaning
(British, Ireland, informal, uncountable) Dessert.
More Meanings
- (informal) The festivities held after a wedding meal.
- (British, Ireland, informal, sports) Fighting or arguing off the ball or when play has stopped.
- (UK, Ireland) An after-hours drinking session in a public house.
- After-school care service.
- plural of after
Example Sentences
What are we having for afters, Mum? I really want ice cream.
It was an afters pub, which meant it closed at 11 p.m., doors bolted, but with us all inside.
To keep costs down at our wedding, we only had family at the banquet, but invited all our friends to the afters.
Clarke was dismissed in the sixty-seventh minute ... for overly enthusiastic afters with one of the Wexford players.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include afterwards, later, subsequently, afterward, aft, sweet.
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