1. tea party - Noun
2. Tea party - Proper noun
A semi-formal afternoon social gathering at which tea, sandwiches and cakes are served.
A type of imaginative playing in which children gather with each other or their dolls to mimic having a real tea party or other formal meal, often without any food at all.
(figuratively) An interaction characterized by a high degree of courtesy, delicacy, deference, and avoidance of conflict.
Synonym: pink tea
Tea Party (plural Tea Parties)
Any of various independent, fiscally conservative political groups in the twenty-first-century United States.
the Tea Party
Various independent, fiscally conservative political groups in the twenty-first-century United States, taken as a whole.
About 60 tea party supporters of the president waved banners in front of State Farm Arena early Thursday afternoon, many of them chanting “stop the steal” as election officials counted Fulton County’s remaining ballots inside. Source: Internet
After Barack Obama won re-election in 2012, the tea party took a much firmer grip over the Republican Party. Source: Internet
At the time, such imagery was viewed as nationalistic and racially insensitive by the British music press; to quieten concerns, Blur released the "British Image 2" photo, which was "a camp restaging of a pre-war aristocratic tea party". Source: Internet
Alice becomes insulted and tired of being bombarded with riddles and she leaves, claiming that it was the stupidest tea party that she had ever been to. Source: Internet
A kind of "tea party" knee-jerk (accent on jerk) dislike to anything they think of as big government, etc., never mind that a vast majority of states (led by Republicans and Democrats) signed on to these changes to the CCSS as smart and natural. Source: Internet
A tea party leader he had won a narrow and signal victory in the Republican primary over Bennett Ratliff, the son of former Lt. Gov. Bill Ratliff. Source: Internet