Dictionary

megahit en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈmɛɡəhɪt/ (UK)

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *méǵh₂s Proto-Hellenic *mégas Ancient Greek μέγᾰς (mégăs)der. English mega- English hit English megahit From mega- + hit.

Meanings

1. A large success or hit.
   • [Jean] Twenge […] isn’t necessarily a household name like her sometimes collaborator Jonathan Haidt, a social psychologist and the author of the megahit “The Anxious Generation,” which has spent 75 weeks hovering near the top of the New York Times best-seller list. 2025 September 6, Catherine Pearson, “She Started the Debate About Kids and Phones. Now She Wants to End It.”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 06 Sep 2025:
   • We settle on our target: a group of women riding around on a Manhattan tour bus and visiting sites featured in HBO's '90s megahit Sex and the City. 2017, David Friend, The Naughty Nineties:

Forms

Translations (2)

de Megahit (large success or hit) · fi megahitti (large success or hit)