Test Your Vocabulary

Take Our 10-Question Quiz

Name That Thing

Take our visual vocab quiz

Test Your Knowledge »

True or False?

A quick quiz about stuff worth knowing

Take It Now »

Join Us on FB & Twitter

Get the Word of the Day and More

Facebook | Twitter
  1. Word Games
  2. Word of the Day
  3. New Words & Slang
  4. Video
 

escape artist


escape artist

noun

Definition of ESCAPE ARTIST

: one (as a performer or criminal) unusually adept at escaping from confinement
See escape artist defined for English-language learners »

Examples of ESCAPE ARTIST

  1. Harry Houdini became famous as an escape artist.

First Known Use of ESCAPE ARTIST

1943

Rhymes with ESCAPE ARTIST

martial artist

Browse

Next Word in the Dictionary: escape cover
Previous Word in the Dictionary: escape (adjective)
All Words Near: escape artist

Seen & Heard

What made you want to look up escape artist? Please tell us where you read or heard it (including the quote, if possible).