block party

noun

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

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While the block party was still being set up, some of the Valkyrie's team members were arriving extra early. Amanda Hari, CBS News, 26 Mar. 2026 But there were also neighbors who looked out for one another and every year a block party that brought us all together. Shari Rudavsky, IndyStar, 22 Mar. 2026 Welcome to Clara Strack’s block party, where any and all opponents can get their shots swatted to the band section. Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 21 Mar. 2026 In mere hours, central Madrid’s historic coffee spot, Café Comercial, will be thronged with content creators, micro-influencers and ‘cool kids’ attending the first in a rolling series of YSL Beauty activations, each envisioned as a block party. Joe Bobowicz, Vogue, 20 Mar. 2026 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 4 Apr. 2026.

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