Meaning

1 senses

  1. (also, attributive)To take part in a potluck, where each participant brings a meal to be shared by all.

Examples

10 sentences

  1. Tom is having a potluck dinner.

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  2. Tom is having a potluck party.

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  3. Tom and Mary are having a potluck.

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  4. They brought two dishes to the potluck.

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  5. Benedito's salad is a hit at every potluck.

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Origin

From pot + luck. According to the Oxford English Dictionary, sense 3 (“a shared meal consi

From pot + luck. According to the Oxford English Dictionary, sense 3 (“a shared meal consisting of whatever guests have brought”) is unlikely to have been influenced by potlatch.

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Forms

potlucks, potlucking, potlucked, potlucked
Base formpotluck · to potluck
3rd person singularpotlucks
Present participlepotlucking
Past simplepotlucked
Past participlepotlucked

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theypotluck
he, she, itpotlucks

Past simpleLesson

all personspotlucked

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave potlucked
he, she, ithas potlucked

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill potluck

Word family

1 related words
Relatedbrown bag

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
potentiallyB2potholepotionpotterpotteryB1potty
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