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blockbust

UK/ˈblɒkbʌst//ˈblɑkbʌst/

blockbust verb: of a film or book, to succeed wildly and become popular.

Verb

blockbust (third-person singular simple present blockbusts, present participle blockbusting, simple past and past participle blockbusted)

  1. (intransitive) Of a film or book, to succeed wildly and become popular.

Forms of blockbust

third-person singular presentblockbusts
present participleblockbusting
past participleblockbusted
pastblockbusted

Origin of blockbust

Back-formation from blockbuster.

Questions about blockbust

What does blockbust mean?
Blockbust means of a film or book, to succeed wildly and become popular.
What part of speech is blockbust?
Blockbust is a verb.
How do you pronounce blockbust?
Blockbust is pronounced /ˈblɑkbʌst/ (US).
What is the past tense of blockbust?
The past tense of blockbust is blockbusted.

Words near blockbust in the dictionary

  1. blockages
  2. blockboard
  3. blockboards
  4. Blockburger
  5. Blockburger test
  6. blockbust
  7. blockbusted
  8. blockbuster
  9. blockbuster drug
  10. blockbuster drugs
  11. blockbusterish

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