block party

noun

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

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If emergency responders are available, the city is encouraging them to attend the block parties to get to know more residents as well. Alecia Taylor, Kansas City Star, 6 June 2025 The following weekend, Depop will host its first block party open to the public, merging fashion, music, food and community. Kanika Talwar, Footwear News, 5 June 2025 Listening to songs once meant getting a window into specific, communal circumstances—into the churches where R&B evolved from gospel, into the block parties where hip-hop fermented, into the clubs where rock bands jammed. Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 5 May 2025 North Kansas City’s lock Party Grant can pay residents up to $400 to cover the costs of a neighborhood block party. Alecia Taylor, Kansas City Star, 6 June 2025 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 Jun. 2025.

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