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nervous hit

nervous hit noun: a production which receives generally favorable notice, but is not assured of success.

Noun

nervous hit (plural nervous hits)

  1. (England, idiomatic) A production which receives generally favorable notice, but is not assured of success.
    • But it hardly mattered; her singing (including "My Own Best Friend" made into a solo) and performing were so strong that few quibbled, especially as she was accomplishing a valiant task by selling out a new, somewhat nervous hit while its regular star recovered.c. 2005, Ken Mandelbaum, The Insider

Forms of nervous hit

pluralnervous hits

Questions about nervous hit

What does nervous hit mean?
Nervous hit means a production which receives generally favorable notice, but is not assured of success.
What part of speech is nervous hit?
Nervous hit is a noun.
What is the plural of nervous hit?
The plural of nervous hit is nervous hits.

Words near nervous hit in the dictionary

  1. nervous as a cat
  2. nervous as a long-tailed cat in a room full of rocking chairs
  3. nervous as a whore in church
  4. nervous breakdown
  5. nervous breakdowns
  6. nervous hit
  7. nervous hits
  8. nervous nellie
  9. nervous nellies
  10. nervous nelly
  11. nervous nineties

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