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THRILLER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does thriller mean?
• THRILLER (noun)
The noun THRILLER has 1 sense:
1. a suspenseful adventure story or play or movie
Familiarity information: THRILLER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A suspenseful adventure story or play or movie
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("thriller" is a kind of...):
adventure story; heroic tale (a story of an adventure)
Derivation:
thrill (cause to be thrilled by some perceptual input)
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