show tune

noun

: a song from a musical
The concert featured popular Broadway show tunes.

Examples of show tune in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Put on your favorite show tunes and ready your jazz hands; here’s how to watch. Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 13 June 2024 The Dandy Warhols to the solo piano show tunes of Seth Rudetsky to the Dead-adjacent jams of Circles Around the Sun. Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 2 Mar. 2024 Her son loved anime, show tunes, and drinking pop out of the side of his mouth. Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 30 May 2024 McCrimmon’s considerable vocal entitlement is on bigtime display throughout these golden age show tunes. Christopher Smith, Orange County Register, 30 May 2024 See all Example Sentences for show tune 

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“Show tune.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/show%20tune. Accessed 26 Jul. 2024.

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