SIDESHOW

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does sideshow mean? 

• SIDESHOW (noun)
  The noun SIDESHOW has 2 senses:

1. a subordinate incident of little importance relative to the main event

2. a minor show that is part of a larger one (as at the circus)

  Familiarity information: SIDESHOW used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SIDESHOW (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A subordinate incident of little importance relative to the main event

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Context example:

instruction is not an educational sideshow

Hypernyms ("sideshow" is a kind of...):

incident (a single distinct event)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A minor show that is part of a larger one (as at the circus)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("sideshow" is a kind of...):

show (the act of publicly exhibiting or entertaining)