blockbuster

See also Blockbuster

English

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Pronunciation

• /blŏk'bŭs'tər/

Noun

blockbuster (plural blockbusters)

1. A high-explosive bomb used for the purposes of demolishing extensive areas, such as a city block.
2. Something, such as a film or book, that sustains exceptional and widespread popularity and achieves enormous sales, as opposed to a box office bomb.
3. A large firecracker type of fireworks; an M-80.

Translations

high-explosive bomb

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 巨型炸彈 (cmn), 巨型炸弹 (cmn) (jùxíng zhàdàn)

• Finnish: korttelipommi (fi)
• Japanese: ブロックバスター (ja) (burokubasutā)

• Russian: фугасная бомба (ru) (fugásnaja bómba) f
• Spanish: revientacuadras (es) m
• Swedish: kvartersbomb (sv)

film or book, that sustains exceptional and widespread popularity and achieves enormous sales

• Bulgarian: блокбъстър (bg) (blokbǎ̀stǎr) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 巨片 (cmn) (jùpiān), 大片 (cmn) (dàpiān), 風靡一時的事物, 风靡一时的事物 (fēngmí yīshí de shìwù)

• Dutch: kaskraker (nl) m
• Finnish: jymymenestys (fi)
• French: blockbuster (fr) m
• German: Blockbuster (de) m, Verkaufsschlager (de) m, Kassenknüller (de) m, Knüller (de) m, Hit (de) m

• Hungarian: kasszasiker (hu)
• Japanese: ブロックバスター (ja) (burokubasutā)
• Korean: 블록버스터 (ko) (beullokbeoseuteo)
• Portuguese: arrasa-quarteirão (pt) m
• Russian: блокбастер (ru) (blokbástɛr, blokbáster) m
• Spanish: taquillazo (es) m, taquillera (es) f
• Swedish: knallsucce (sv)
• Ukrainian: блокбастер (uk) (blokbáster) m

large firecracker type of fireworks

Adjective

blockbuster (not comparable)

1. An exceptional event.

   There was a blockbuster trade in baseball today.

Related terms

• blockbust (verb form)
• block
• bust