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block party

American  

noun

  1. an outdoor festival, usually held in a closed-off city street, often to raise money for a local organization or for a block association.


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At an annual block party, they jumped around in a bouncy house and climbed into the local firetruck.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 27, 2026

On Thursday, tenants and organizers gathered outside the theater at the New York City College of Technology for a block party, but not just any block party.

From Salon Jun. 13, 2026

Pratt spent most of his two hours at the Hyde Park block party talking and posing for photos with the hundred or so people who showed up.

From Los Angeles Times May 21, 2026

"We'd have a block party and things like that, and then… some of the people started putting up Trump flags," Democratic golfer Thomas Bacher says.

From BBC May 1, 2026

Then the block party and the music will move in, and everyone will eat and dance late into the night.

From "Pride" by Ibi Zoboi

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