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followspot

followspot noun: a spotlight that follows a performer as they move around on the stage.

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 followspot

pluralfollowspots

Origin of followspot

From follow + spot.

Questions about followspot

What does followspot mean?
Followspot means a spotlight that follows a performer as they move around on the stage.
What part of speech is followspot?
Followspot is a noun.
What is the plural of followspot?
The plural of followspot is followspots.

Words near followspot in the dictionary

  1. follows the wind
  2. follows through
  3. follows to the grave
  4. follows up
  5. follows up on
  6. followspot
  7. followspots
  8. followthrough
  9. followthroughs
  10. followup
  11. followups

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