stage-door
stage-door verb: to ambush (an actor) at the stage door where they enter or leave a theatre, for example to ask for their autograph. Also the alternative spelling of stage-door.
Verb
stage-door (third-person singular simple present stage-doors, present participle stage-dooring, simple past and past participle stage-doored)
- To ambush (an actor) at the stage door where they enter or leave a theatre, for example to ask for their autograph.
- Stage-dooring (theatrical), hanging about the scenes or doors reserved for actors. Mr. refused to put the chorus ladies into tights, and the public was gently but firmly made to understand that stage-dooring was not allowed[…]1897, Albert Barrère, Charles Godfrey Leland, A Dictionary of Slang, Jargon & Cant Embracing English, American, and Anglo-Indian Slang, Pidgin English, Gypsies' Jargon and Other Irregular...
- Besides which, also B. S., or Before Stella, she pulled 'em in as a stock actress, perhaps the most stage-doored one ever seen on this West Coast.1928, Motion Picture Story Magazine
Also used as
stage-door is also the alternative spelling of stage-door.
Forms of stage-door
| Verb | |
|---|---|
| third-person singular present | stage-doors |
| present participle | stage-dooring |
| past participle | stage-doored |
| past | stage-doored |
| Noun | |
| plural | stage-doors |
Phrases with stage-door
Questions about stage-door
- What does stage-door mean?
- Stage-door means to ambush (an actor) at the stage door where they enter or leave a theatre, for example to ask for their autograph.
- What part of speech is stage-door?
- Stage-door is a verb.
- What is the past tense of stage-door?
- The past tense of stage-door is stage-doored.
Words near stage-door in the dictionary
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