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megahit

UK/ˈmɛɡəhɪt/

megahit noun: a large success or hit.

Noun

megahit (plural megahits)

  1. A large success or hit.
    • We settle on our target: a group of women riding around on a Manhattan tour bus and visiting sites featured in HBO's '90s megahit Sex and the City.2017, David Friend, The Naughty Nineties
    • [Jean] Twenge […] isn’t necessarily a household name like her sometimes collaborator Jonathan Haidt, a social psychologist and the author of the megahit “The Anxious Generation,” which has spent 75 weeks hovering near the top of the New York Times best-seller list.2025 September 6, Catherine Pearson, “She Started the Debate About Kids and Phones. Now She Wants to End It.”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC...

Forms of megahit

pluralmegahits

Origin of megahit

From mega- + hit.

Questions about megahit

What does megahit mean?
Megahit means a large success or hit.
What part of speech is megahit?
Megahit is a noun.
How do you pronounce megahit?
Megahit is pronounced /ˈmɛɡəhɪt/ (UK).
What is the plural of megahit?
The plural of megahit is megahits.

Words near megahit in the dictionary

  1. megahex
  2. megahexes
  3. megahistorical
  4. megahistories
  5. megahistory
  6. megahit
  7. megahits
  8. megahome
  9. megahomes
  10. megahospital
  11. megahospitals

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