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item number

item number noun: an upbeat musical number within a film, accompanied by a provocative dance sequence performed by attractive women, or "item girls".

Noun

item number (plural item numbers)

  1. (India) An upbeat musical number within a film, accompanied by a provocative dance sequence performed by attractive women, or "item girls".
    • The vampy item girls were thus outpaced by the heroines performing item numbers.2012, Tilak Rishi, Bless You Bollywood!, page 97

Forms of item number

pluralitem numbers

Questions about item number

What does item number mean?
Item number means an upbeat musical number within a film, accompanied by a provocative dance sequence performed by attractive women, or "item girls".
What part of speech is item number?
Item number is a noun.
What is the plural of item number?
The plural of item number is item numbers.

Words near item number in the dictionary

  1. item
  2. item girl
  3. item girls
  4. item journal
  5. item journals
  6. item number
  7. item numbers
  8. item of clothing
  9. item set
  10. item sets
  11. itemed

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