Associations to the word «Landslide»

Wiktionary

LANDSLIDE, noun. A natural disaster that involves the breakup and downhill flow of rock, mud, water and anything caught in the path.
LANDSLIDE, noun. A vote won by a wide or overwhelming majority.
LANDSLIDE VICTORIES, noun. Plural of landslide victory
LANDSLIDE VICTORY, noun. (politics) an overwhelming victory in an election

Dictionary definition

LANDSLIDE, noun. An overwhelming electoral victory; "Roosevelt defeated Hoover in a landslide".
LANDSLIDE, noun. A slide of a large mass of dirt and rock down a mountain or cliff.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats