afters

noun5

1. •
   (UK, informal) Dessert.

   • What are we having for afters, Mum? I really want ice cream.
2. •
   (informal) The festivities held after a wedding meal.

   • To keep costs down at our wedding, we only had family at the banquet, but invited all our friends to the afters.
3. •
   (UK, Ireland) An after-hours drinking session in a public house.

   • The lights flashed when the landlord shouted, “Last round of drinks before bar closes. Here^([sic]) me folks, no 'Afters' tonight mates!” — 2013
4. •
   (UK, informal) Fighting or arguing off the ball or when play has stopped.

   • 42-2: From the other end Strauss has a bit of afters with Morne Morkel after yet another bouncer raps him on the gloves. — 2010
5. •
   After-school care service.