landslide

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   an overwhelming electoral victory

   Roosevelt defeated Hoover in a landslide

2. 2
   noun

   A natural disaster that involves the breakup and downhill flow of rock, mud, water and anything caught in the path.

   Near-synonym: mudflow

3. 3
   noun

   A vote won by a wide or overwhelming majority.

   The candidate won at 61% to 39%, which most people are calling a landslide.

4. 4
   verb

   To undergo a landslide.

   So it landslid mightily, carrying off greens and fairways and all.

5. 5
   noun

   a slide of a large mass of dirt and rock down a mountain or cliff

Etymology

From land + slide.