Meanings
plural search parties
- A group of people who search for someone or something lost.
After their daughter went missing, her parents sent out a search party after her.
1 more example
Is this a report about the missing trooper? It is, sir. Trooper B Four Seven Eleven was here with three other men. They left and he remained. And soon as they had gone, he packed a lot of food from this house and he robbed me blind. Then he took off to the hills. Very well. We'll send out a search party.
1978 November 17, 1:26:38 from the start, in The Star Wars Holiday Special (Science Fiction), →OCLC
Translations
German Suchmannschaft, Suchtrupp
- Suchmannschaftgroup of people who search for someone or something lost
- Suchtruppgroup of people who search for someone or something lost
Icelandic leitarhópur
- leitarhópurgroup of people who search for someone or something lost
Polish ekipa poszukiwawcza, ekipa ratownicza
- ekipa poszukiwawczagroup of people who search for someone or something lost
- ekipa ratowniczagroup of people who search for someone or something lost
Swedish skallgångskedja
- skallgångskedjagroup of people who search for someone or something lost
Cite this entry
search party. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/search%20party
“search party.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/search%20party. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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