Definitions for blockbusting

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blockbusting block·bust·ing

Spelling: [blok-buhs-ting]

IPA: /ˈblɒkˌbʌs tɪŋ/

Blockbusting is a 12 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 30 points.

You can make 906 anagrams from letters in blockbusting (bbcgiklnostu).

Definitions for blockbusting

noun

1. the profiteering real-estate practice of buying homes from white majority homeowners below market value, based on the implied threat of future devaluation during minority integration of previously segregated neighborhoods.

verb (used with or without object)

1. to subject or be subjected to blockbusting:

Origin of blockbusting

First recorded in 1940-45; block + bust² + -ing¹

Examples for blockbusting

He didn't speak English and my high school German was inadequate, especially accompanied by a blockbusting hangover.