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box-office bombs

box-office bombs is the plural of box-office bomb.

Meaning of box-office bomb

Noun

box-office bomb (plural box-office bombs)

  1. (informal) A motion picture that generates relatively low revenue at the box office, especially less than the budget for producing it.
    • The story organization is acquiring a lot of downbeat, disgusting properties like ALL FALL DOWN (which turned into an awful box-office bomb) and TWO WEEKS IN ANOTHER TOWN (which will do the same thing .1960, Jaik Rosenstein (publisher), Hollywood Close-Up, page 4
    Synonyms:
    flop, turkey
    Antonyms:
    blockbuster

Questions about box-office bombs

What is box-office bombs the plural of?
Box-office bombs is the plural of box-office bomb.

Words near box-office bombs in the dictionary

  1. box-like
  2. Box-Muller transform
  3. box-of-tricks
  4. box-office
  5. box-office bomb
  6. box-office bombs
  7. box-offices
  8. box-sealing tape
  9. box-sealing tapes
  10. box-shaped
  11. box-spring

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