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VARIETY SHOW
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A show consisting of a series of short unrelated performances
Synonyms:
variety; variety show
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("variety show" is a kind of...):
show (a social event involving a public performance or entertainment)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "variety show"):
minstrel show (a variety show in which the performers are made up in blackface)
review; revue (a variety show with topical sketches and songs and dancing and comedians)
music hall; vaudeville (a variety show with songs and comic acts etc.)
