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STAGE BUSINESS

Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does stage business mean? 

STAGE BUSINESS (noun)
  The noun STAGE BUSINESS has 1 sense:

1. incidental activity performed by an actor for dramatic effectplay

  Familiarity information: STAGE BUSINESS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


STAGE BUSINESS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Incidental activity performed by an actor for dramatic effect

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

business; byplay; stage business

Context example:

his business with the cane was hilarious

Hypernyms ("stage business" is a kind of...):

acting; performing; playacting; playing (the performance of a part or role in a drama)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "stage business"):

schtick; schtik; shtick; shtik ((Yiddish) a contrived and often used bit of business that a performer uses to steal attention)


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