Origin: 1700-1800 French, perhaps from Italian, lord, ruler, shouted by the winner of a game
Collocations
COLLOCATIONS►had a domino effect on
The workers’ strike had a domino effect on several other deadlines.
1 [countable] a small rectangular piece of wood, plastic, etc. with a number of spots on each half of its top side, used in playing a game2a/the domino effect a situation in which one event or action causes several other things to happen, one after the other: The workers’ strike had a domino effect on several other deadlines.