summer stock

noun

: theatrical productions of stock companies presented during the summer

Examples of summer stock in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Sterling Point has a bit of a love triangle with Annie and Rory, the rich summer stock played by Daniel Quinn-Toye, and Ellis, the island local played by Jacob Whiteduck-Lavoie. — Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 18 Aug. 2026

Director Kenneth Branagh films Asgard with swoopy-silly grandeur, Peter Jackson gone to summer stock. — Ew Staff, Entertainment Weekly, 3 Aug. 2026

Warfield took tap, ballet and acrobatic lessons as a kid, and while attending the High School of Performing Arts in Manhattan did summer stock, appearing in a 1957 production of Take a Giant Step in the Catskills. — Mike Barnes, HollywoodReporter, 26 July 2025

This, after decades of the biggest names in the business hitting the traveling circuit, then playing one-week stands in summer stock or dinner theater. — Michael Barnes, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1884, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for summer stock

• aftershock
• antiknock
• arawak
• hollyhock
• interlock
• manioc
• shuttlecock
• tomahawk
• weathercock
• alcock
• beanstalk
• bedrock