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doorbuster

doorbuster noun: an unusually low sale price, typically offered by a retailer on a limited number of items for a limited time, often on prominent shopping days, such as the day after Thanksgiving in the US.

Noun

doorbuster (plural doorbusters)

  1. An unusually low sale price, typically offered by a retailer on a limited number of items for a limited time, often on prominent shopping days, such as the day after Thanksgiving in the US.

Forms of doorbuster

pluraldoorbusters

Origin of doorbuster

From door + buster, suggesting that customers would stampede through the doors of the retailer.

Questions about doorbuster

What does doorbuster mean?
Doorbuster means an unusually low sale price, typically offered by a retailer on a limited number of items for a limited time, often on prominent shopping days, such as the day after Thanksgiving in the US.
What part of speech is doorbuster?
Doorbuster is a noun.
What is the plural of doorbuster?
The plural of doorbuster is doorbusters.

Words near doorbuster in the dictionary

  1. doorbelled
  2. doorbelling
  3. doorbells
  4. doorboy
  5. doorboys
  6. doorbuster
  7. doorbusters
  8. doorbusting
  9. doorcase
  10. doorcases
  11. doorchain

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