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follow spot

follow spot is the alternative form of followspot.

Meaning of followspot

Noun

followspot (plural followspots)

  1. A spotlight that follows a performer as they move around on the stage.
    • In addition to followspots, there will be three frontlight specials on Autoyokes hung on the truss to provide frontlight specials.2009, Steven Shelley, A Practical Guide to Stage Lighting, page 132

Forms of follow spot

pluralfollow spots

Questions about follow spot

What is follow spot the alternative form of?
Follow spot is the alternative form of followspot.

Words near follow spot in the dictionary

  1. follow one's nose
  2. follow ons
  3. follow someone off a cliff
  4. follow someone to the ends of the earth
  5. follow someone to the ends of the world
  6. follow spot
  7. follow suit
  8. follow suite
  9. follow that
  10. follow the bee
  11. follow the crowd

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