"cult hit" meaning in All languages combined

See cult hit on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: cult hits [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} cult hit (plural cult hits)
  1. Something (almost always a film, book, song, etc.) which is very popular among a specific, narrow audience.
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  2. Something (almost always a film, book, song, etc.) which is very popular, and which was popularized by a specific, narrow group of fans.
    Sense id: en-cult_hit-en-noun-1nrfG9P2 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 18 82 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 8 92 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 7 93

Inflected forms

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