landslide Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun an overwhelming electoral victory
    • Roosevelt defeated Hoover in a landslide
  2. noun a slide of a large mass of dirt and rock down a mountain or cliff
    landslip.

WordNet


Land"slip`, Land"slide` noun (Also<
  • Landslip
  • Landslide
)
Definitions
  1. The slipping down of a mass of land from a mountain, hill, etc.
  2. The land which slips down.

Webster 1913