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gatho

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Australia/ˈɡæðəʉ/

gatho noun: a gathering, typically smaller and more relaxed than a party.

Noun

gatho (plural gathos)

  1. (Australia, informal) A gathering, typically smaller and more relaxed than a party.
    • "MUSIC, mind and body will converge when a new feel-good ‘gatho’ debuts on the Gold Coast on Australia Day. The inaugural The Gathering Feel Good Festival will bump into Country Paradise Parklands, a sprawling greenfields site at Nerang, on January 26 next year from 11.30am to 10pm."2016 November 30, Suzanne Simonot, New Gold Coast music festival to launch on Australia Day at Country Paradise Parklands, Nerang, Gold Coast Bulletin, retrieved 22 Aug 2018
    • "A friend who had a successful 15th party for her son — no alcohol, everyone checked off at the door, all bags locked in the spare bedroom, extra parents for security, and a finish time of 10.30pm, told me she recently agreed to a small “gatho” a year later."2017 Angela Mollard, "Our teens are out of control. Why? Because parents are too weak" The Daily Telegraph, 25 March 2018. Accessed 22 August 2018.

Forms of gatho

pluralgathos

Origin of gatho

Abbreviation of gathering + -o (“diminutive suffix”).

Questions about gatho

What does gatho mean?
Gatho means a gathering, typically smaller and more relaxed than a party.
What part of speech is gatho?
Gatho is a noun.
How do you pronounce gatho?
Gatho is pronounced /ˈɡæðəʉ/ (Australia).
What is the plural of gatho?
The plural of gatho is gathos.

Words near gatho in the dictionary

  1. gathia
  2. gathias
  3. Gathic
  4. gathiya
  5. gathiyas
  6. gatho
  7. Gathorne
  8. gathos
  9. Gathright
  10. Gathrights
  11. Gaths

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