BLOCKBUSTER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does blockbuster mean? 

• BLOCKBUSTER (noun)
  The noun BLOCKBUSTER has 2 senses:

1. a large bomb used to demolish extensive areas (as a city block)

2. an unusually successful hit with widespread popularity and huge sales (especially a movie or play or recording or novel)

  Familiarity information: BLOCKBUSTER used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BLOCKBUSTER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A large bomb used to demolish extensive areas (as a city block)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("blockbuster" is a kind of...):

general-purpose bomb; GP bomb (a large bomb (500 to 2,000 pounds that is 50% explosive) whose explosion creates a blast and whose metal casing creates some fragmentation effect)

Sense 2

Meaning:

An unusually successful hit with widespread popularity and huge sales (especially a movie or play or recording or novel)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

blockbuster; megahit; smash hit

Hypernyms ("blockbuster" is a kind of...):

bang; hit; smash; smasher; strike (a conspicuous success)

Domain usage:

figure; figure of speech; image; trope (language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense)

 Context examples 

You may give a significant speech or finish editing a blockbuster novel.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)