Black Thursday

proper noun

The day when the New York Stock Exchange crashed before the Great Depression; Thursday, October 24th, 1929.

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Meanings

proper noun
  1. historicalbusinessThe day when the New York Stock Exchange crashed before the Great Depression; Thursday, October 24th, 1929.
  2. historicalbusinessMarch 12, 2020, as part of the 2020 stock market crash; the day on which United States stock markets saw their biggest single-day percentage drop since 1987.
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APA

Black Thursday. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Black%20Thursday

MLA

“Black Thursday.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Black%20Thursday. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Black Thursday,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Black%20Thursday.

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