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STAGE BUSINESS
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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 effect
Familiarity information: STAGE BUSINESS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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