variety show

noun

: a theatrical entertainment of successive separate performances (as of songs, dances, skits, and acrobatic feats)

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The musical is framed as a vaudeville variety show with an experimental edge, a meta excursion in which other pop culture figures of King’s time (most of them largely forgotten) step forward to guide you through the story and the yarn grows more ripping by the scene. Rob Hubbard, Twin Cities, 23 May 2025 Chen did a one-month internship last summer for a variety show in the southern Chinese province of Hunan that was partly funded by Chinese organizers. Jennifer Jett, NBC news, 18 May 2025 The worst was the Southeast Improvement Association’s annual variety show. David McGrath, Chicago Tribune, 8 May 2025 The series has been a long time coming for Jin, who first expressed interest in starring in a variety show on his own nearly three years ago. Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 12 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for variety show

Word History

First Known Use

1882, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of variety show was in 1882

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“Variety show.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/variety%20show. Accessed 28 May. 2025.

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variety show

noun
: entertainment made up of separate performances (as dances and songs) that follow one another

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