all-singing, all-dancing

Definition of all-singing, all-dancing

British, informal + humorous

—used in an exaggerated way to suggest that something (such as a machine that has many features) is like a large and expensive show that has many singing and dancing performersan all-singing, all-dancing stereo system

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“All-singing, all-dancing.” The Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster Inc., https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/all-singing%2C%20all-dancing. Accessed 5 December 2019.

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