block party

noun

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

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Imagine throwing a neighborhood block party and having Alanis Morrissette, Sublime and Lenny Kravitz headline for your friends and family over the weekend. Steve Baltin, Forbes, 7 Jan. 2025 Proposals range from tutoring services for special needs students, public art projects, youth programs, block parties to ice cream socials. La Risa R. Lynch, Journal Sentinel, 27 Dec. 2024 The annual dog costume contest was beginning at my block party. Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 5 Nov. 2024 The incident was one of a series of block party shootings this summer. Violet Ikonomova, Detroit Free Press, 28 Nov. 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 1 Feb. 2025.

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