massives
SayMAS-ivz/ˈmæs.ɪvz/
- 1Plural of massive. Slang, chiefly British and Jamaican.
Rival massives from neighboring estates clashed at the music festival.
The DJ gave a shout-out to all the massives packed into the venue.
Note
Only the noun can take this -s. The adjective massive, whether it means huge, utter or awesome, never changes for number. The noun itself has two lives. In geology a massive is an unlayered body of rock, so massives are several such bodies. In Multicultural London English slang a massive is a crew from one area or with one shared aim, so rival massives are competing local groups.
massives is a form of massive
massive, noun: A group of people from one locality or sharing a common aim or interest. Full entry
- Forms
- massivemassives plural
- Spelling
- massive → massives: add -s
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /z/.
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