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screen test

screen test noun: used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see screen, test; a test of, or involving, a screen.

Noun

screen test (plural screen tests)

  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see screen, test; a test of, or involving, a screen.
  2. A filmed audition to test (and demonstrate) an actor's screen-acting ability and/or suitability for a particular role.
    • Alan Ladd's wife spotted the budding beauty and suggested that Julie attend a screen test for a bit part in something called The Girl and the Gorilla.1990, Wayne Jancik, The Billboard Book of One-Hit Wonders, →ISBN, page 10
  3. A test for the presence of a particular substance; such a test that by extension tests for a particular organism or medical condition.
  4. (slang, violence) Synonym of rough ride.
    • One of the reasons for the charges was knowledge of a tradition among some police of what they called in Baltimore "a rough ride" (Fernandez, 2015). The practice is to place a handcuffed prisoner face-down in the back of a police van without securing him to the seat, and then intentionally driving...2018 April 10, David E. Barlow, Melissa Hickman Barlow, Police in a Multicultural Society: An American Story, Second Edition, Waveland Press, →ISBN, page 287
    Synonyms:
    rough ride

Verb

screen test (third-person singular simple present screen tests, present participle screen testing, simple past and past participle screen tested)

  1. (intransitive, transitive) To audition via a screen test.
    • According to Garrett, "1,400 candidates were interviewed, 90 were screen tested, 149,000 feet of black and white film and 13,000 feet of Technicolor was shot in those tests."2013, James Ottley, Atlanta History For Cocktail Parties II: Another Round, Lulu.com, page 73
    • Also considered was Carroll Baker. Baker screen tested, but failed to win the part.2015, Eila Mell, Casting Might-Have-Beens, McFarland & Company, page 187
  2. To test for a particular substance, organism or medical condition by means of a screen test.
    • He testified Moses' that^([sic – meaning that Moses']) blood screen tested positive for cocaine metabolites and Moses' urine screen tested positive for cocaine.2004, West's Hawai'i Reports: Cases Decided in the Supreme Court, Intermediate Court of Appeals, Volume 103, West Publishing Company, page 118
  3. (slang, violence) To subject (someone) to a screen test.

screen test meaning in Tamil

screen test in Tamil

திரைக்கான தோற்ற அமைப்பு சோதனை

Synonyms of screen test

Forms of screen test

Noun
pluralscreen tests
alternative formscreentest
alternative formscreen-test
Verb
third-person singular presentscreen tests
present participlescreen testing
past participlescreen tested
pastscreen tested

Questions about screen test

What does screen test mean?
Screen test means used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see screen, test; a test of, or involving, a screen.
What is screen test in Tamil?
Screen test in Tamil is திரைக்கான தோற்ற அமைப்பு சோதனை. See Screen test meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is screen test?
Screen test can be a noun or a verb.
What is the plural of screen test?
The plural of screen test is screen tests.

Words near screen test in the dictionary

  1. screen share
  2. screen shared
  3. screen shares
  4. screen sharing
  5. screen tearing
  6. screen test
  7. screen tests
  8. screen time
  9. screen times
  10. screen used
  11. screen wall

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Adapted from Wiktionary: screen test (page history and authors); screen test (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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