shadowcast
shadowcast noun: the performance of a film by a group of amateurs at the same time as it is screened.
Noun
shadowcast (plural shadowcasts)
- The performance of a film by a group of amateurs at the same time as it is screened.
- They described shadowcasts where amateur performers acted out the film on a stage below the screen, and the whole audience had interacted, throwing objects and screaming things on cue.2013, Corrine Jackson, Pushed, page 314
- I joined a shadowcast and started as part of the "Tranny Corp." I learned all the parts and the makeup.2014, Infamous Todd Kachinski Kottmeier, Drag Queen Guide
Verb
shadowcast (third-person singular simple present shadowcasts, present participle shadowcasting, simple past and past participle shadowcast or (common, but sometimes proscribed) shadowcasted)
- To take part in such a performance.
Forms of shadowcast
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | shadowcasts |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | shadowcasts |
| present participle | shadowcasting |
| past participle | shadowcast |
| past | shadowcast |
| past participle common error-unknown-tag proscribed sometimes | shadowcasted |
| past common error-unknown-tag proscribed sometimes | shadowcasted |
Origin of shadowcast
From shadow + -cast (from broadcast).
Questions about shadowcast
- What does shadowcast mean?
- Shadowcast means the performance of a film by a group of amateurs at the same time as it is screened.
- What part of speech is shadowcast?
- Shadowcast can be a noun or a verb.
- What is the plural of shadowcast?
- The plural of shadowcast is shadowcasts.
Words near shadowcast in the dictionary
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