domino effect

1. 1.

   the consequence of one event setting off a chain of similar events (like a falling domino causing a whole row of upended dominos to fall)

   Broaderconsequence

   trope

Questions about domino effect

What does domino effect mean?

domino effect means "the consequence of one event setting off a chain of similar events (like a falling domino causing a whole row of upended dominos to fall)".

Is domino effect a common word?

domino effect is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.