megahit

noun

mega·​hit ˈme-gə-ˌhit How to pronounce megahit (audio)
: something (such as a movie) that is extremely successful

Examples of megahit in a Sentence

His latest movie was a megahit. the band's latest album is a megahit
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But, at a time when American audiences are assumed to have fragmented along demographic and partisan lines, creators Justin Marks and Rachel Kondo scored a megahit the old-fashioned way: by offering something precious to every kind of viewer. Judy Berman, TIME, 3 Dec. 2024 Could the members have, in their forced retirement, seen their megahit as bearing a new meaning: Success, come back? Tom Zoellner, SPIN, 27 Nov. 2024 Trending on Billboard Two artists at the peak of their commercial power combining their biggest hits, Voltron-style, into new megahits? Jason Lipshutz, Billboard, 20 Nov. 2024 But now ones like Fallout, Amazon Prime Video’s megahit? Paul Tassi, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for megahit 

Word History

First Known Use

1977, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of megahit was in 1977

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“Megahit.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/megahit. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.

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megahit

noun
mega·​hit ˈmeg-ə-ˌhit How to pronounce megahit (audio)
: something (as a movie) that is extremely successful
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