dominolike

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adjective

Resembling or characteristic of a domino (game piece), especially in having the propensity to tumble in a chain reaction.

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Meanings

adjectivedominolike (comparative more dominolike, superlative most dominolike)

comparative more dominolike · superlative most dominolike

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a domino (game piece), especially in having the propensity to tumble in a chain reaction.

    He also feared that Vietnam's fall would lead to dominolike communist successes in Southeast Asia.

    1991, Eric Foner, John Arthur Garraty, The Reader's companion to American history
    2 more examples

    Any failure in the cableway system would have a dominolike effect on the entire project, upsetting the pouring timetable, snarling rail traffic […]

    1990, Joseph E Stevens, Hoover Dam: An American Adventure

    This same event was repeated in a dominolike sequence as motorists on both sides of the road hastened to undo their automatic reaction […]

    2008, Sandi Ault, Wild Indigo

Origin

From domino + -like.

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APA

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

MLA

“dominolike.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dominolike. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “dominolike,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dominolike.

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