- a party or celebration planned for someone as a surprise.
- something that surprises someone.
Origin of surprise party
First recorded in 1835–45
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Examples from the Web for surprise party
I want to give her a surprise-party from all her neighbors, and I want to give it now.
To-night, Ruby, you come up to us for supper—we bring her a surprise-party.Just Around the Corner
A surprise-party of redstarts breaks into full play around him.Fisherman's Luck
Henry van Dyke
They were on their way with a band of music to give some popular citizen a surprise-party.
Teacher nodded, though at that particular moment she had not the vaguest idea what the surprise-party was to be.Dixie Martin
Grace May North