block party

noun

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

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Make a batch to take to your next block party or backyard bbq, or simply whip up a few for your family. Lauren Bengtson, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 July 2025 Advertisement The events on Thursday included block parties, candlelight vigils, and peaceful protests in cities including New York City, Los Angeles, Portland, and Chicago. Chantelle Lee, Time, 17 July 2025 Various neighborhoods are organizing cookouts, block parties and neighborhood walks, which will be visited by staff from various city departments between 5 and 8 p.m. Because not every neighborhood hosts a Night Out event, the city and the YMCA will hold a community gathering on Monday, Aug. 4. Michelle Mullins, Chicago Tribune, 10 July 2025 Volunteers organized a neighborhood-wide stakeout, which had the feel of a quiet, quintessentially New Orleans block party—people sitting on porches, drinking wine. David W. Brown, New Yorker, 5 July 2025 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 7 Aug. 2025.

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