body double

noun

: a double who takes the place of an actor especially in scenes calling for nudity

Examples of body double in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web That the princess in the paparazzi shot is not a body double? Meghan O'Gieblyn, WIRED, 29 Apr. 2024 No, Zoe Saldaña did not attend the 49th AFI Life Achievement Award with a body double — she was joined by her look-alike sister, Cisely Saldaña. Catherine Santino, Peoplemag, 29 Apr. 2024 As soon as the video was published Monday by the U.K. tabloid The Sun and by the American gossip site TMZ, new rumors exploded on social media, alleging that the woman seen in the video is not Catherine, the Princess of Wales, but a body double. Martha Ross, The Mercury News, 19 Mar. 2024 Despite trolls claiming everything from Kate using a body double when a video surfaced of the Prince and Princess of Wales at a Windsor farm shop to other instances of photo manipulation, the online rumors did not spark the royal's decision to speak out about her cancer treatment. Simon Perry, Peoplemag, 23 Mar. 2024 Another brutal development, Trinity says, occurred when the cast realized which of their fellow performers would be playing Heidi's body double. Joey Nolfi, EW.com, 22 Mar. 2024 And even more sinisterly, some have claimed (without any evidence, obviously) that Kate is dead and has been replaced by a body double. Louis Staples, Rolling Stone, 13 Mar. 2024 From her time as an Olympian to her body double gigs, here's everything to know about Livingston. Skyler Caruso, Peoplemag, 15 Feb. 2024 The then-aspiring actress was just 20 when she was cast as Gwyneth Paltrow's body double in the Farelly Brothers' rom-com. Shania Russell, EW.com, 22 Aug. 2023

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Word History

First Known Use

1981, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of body double was in 1981

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“Body double.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/body%20double. Accessed 4 May. 2024.

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