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Definition of thriller noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

thriller

noun
 
/ˈθrɪlə(r)/
 
/ˈθrɪlər/
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  1. a book, play or film with an exciting story, especially one about crime or spying
    • a spy thriller
    • a thriller writer
    Extra Examples
    • a gripping political thriller
    • a new thriller by this American writer
    • one of the characters in the thriller
    Topics Literature and writingb1, Film and theatreb1
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • gripping
    • taut
    • best-selling
    • …
    verb + thriller
    • craft
    • direct
    • write
    • …
    thriller + noun
    • writer
    • genre
    preposition
    • in a/​the thriller
    • thriller by
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