block party

noun

: an outdoor public party put on by the residents of a city block or neighborhood

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Work with other local small businesses and support their events like festivals and block parties. Expert Panel®, Forbes, 13 Mar. 2025 Sophomore center Clara Strack is hosting a block party, and everyone is invited. Steven Louis Goldstein, The Athletic, 13 Feb. 2025 About 8,000 people rang in the new year at one of San Francisco's biggest annual block parties, per the organizers. Nadia Lopez, Axios, 3 Jan. 2025 Everyone’s various infidelities and fights reach boiling point, with Karl and Orson coming to blows at the Christmas block party, Dylan discovering her mother has been lying to her, and Lynette attempting to apologize to Gaby and Carlos for suing them. Marianne Eloise, Vulture, 11 Dec. 2024 See All Example Sentences for block party

Word History

First Known Use

1902, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of block party was in 1902

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“Block party.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/block%20party. Accessed 30 Mar. 2025.

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