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schlockbusters

schlockbusters is the plural of schlockbuster.

Meaning of schlockbuster

Noun

schlockbuster (plural schlockbusters)

  1. (US, slang) A schlocky blockbuster; a film that is tasteless and inferior but still very successful.
    • If the stalker thriller “Obsessed,” which opens on Friday, tops the box office, Clinton R. Culpepper will cement his reputation as Hollywood’s king of the schlockbuster.2009 April 22, Michael Cieply, “He’s Behind the Guffaws and the Gore”, in New York Times

Questions about schlockbusters

What is schlockbusters the plural of?
Schlockbusters is the plural of schlockbuster.

Words near schlockbusters in the dictionary

  1. Schlobohm
  2. Schlobohms
  3. schlobs
  4. schlock
  5. schlockbuster
  6. schlockbusters
  7. schlocker
  8. schlockers
  9. schlockey
  10. schlockfest
  11. schlockfests

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