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door-prize

door-prize is the alternative form of door prize.

Meaning of door prize

Noun

door prize (plural door prizes)

  1. A gift given to people who attend a meeting, party, event, etc., especially one which is given on a random basis to one or some of the attendees.
    • Dewey infantrymen passed out soft drinks and small favors to gawking visitors and gave every 200th visitor a door prize.1948 July 5, “Republicans: How He Did It”, in Time
  2. (humorous) A notional prize awarded to a cyclist who collides with the open door of a parked car.

Forms of door-prize

pluraldoor-prizes

Questions about door-prize

What is door-prize the alternative form of?
Door-prize is the alternative form of door prize.

Words near door-prize in the dictionary

  1. door-mats
  2. door-nail
  3. door-nails
  4. door-post
  5. door-posts
  6. door-prize
  7. door-prizes
  8. door-to-door
  9. Dooralong
  10. doorbell
  11. doorbell key

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Adapted from Wiktionary: door-prize (page history and authors); door prize (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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