nonhit
nonhit noun: a song, etc. that fails to become a hit.
Noun
nonhit (plural nonhits)
- A song, etc. that fails to become a hit.
- There was a difference in the decibel level of the crowd roar when the band started up a hit — “Hey Nineteen,” “Peg,” “Black Friday” — as opposed to a nonhit, like “Show Biz Kids” or “Babylon Sisters.”2008 June 16, Ben Ratliff, “Pop Veterans Still Pumping Anti-Charisma”, in New York Times
- Failure to match any record in an information retrieval system.
- Nonhits occur when there is no definite element, such as Library of Congress or ISBN number, in the brief record...1992, Beverly K. Duval, Linda Main, Automated library systems
Forms of nonhit
| plural | nonhits |
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Origin of nonhit
From non- + hit.
Questions about nonhit
- What does nonhit mean?
- Nonhit means a song, etc. that fails to become a hit.
- What part of speech is nonhit?
- Nonhit is a noun.
- What is the plural of nonhit?
- The plural of nonhit is nonhits.
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