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| act |
to be a performer in plays or movies; play a role. [1/9 definitions] |
| ad libitum |
at one's pleasure (used as a musical direction to indicate that a section so marked may be varied, improvised upon, or omitted, as the performer wishes, or as a stage direction to indicate that the performer may improvise). |
| appear |
to come before the public, as a book or performer. [1/5 definitions] |
| artiste |
an artist, esp. a public performer such as a singer, dancer, or actor. [1/2 definitions] |
| bravura |
a musical piece or passage requiring great spirit or expertise of the performer. [1/2 definitions] |
| Cab Calloway |
U.S. jazz singer, performer, and bandleader (b.1907--d.1994). |
| callback |
a request to a performer to return for further auditions. [1/3 definitions] |
| clown |
a comic performer, as in a circus, who wears odd clothes and exaggerated makeup and entertains by jokes, tricks, juggling, and the like. [1/4 definitions] |
| cue card |
a large card displaying a television performer's lines, used as a prompt for the performer but kept out of the audience's view. |
| discography |
a listing of the recorded works of a certain composer or performer. [1/2 definitions] |
| fermata |
in music, the holding of a tone or rest, at the discretion of the performer, longer than its value expresses. [1/2 definitions] |
| fire-eater |
a performer, as in a circus, who pretends to swallow fire. [1/2 definitions] |
| geek |
a performer in a carnival or the like who does grotesque acts, such as biting the heads off live chickens or snakes. [1/3 definitions] |
| guitarist |
a person who plays the guitar, esp. as a performer. |
| headline |
to be the most important as a performer at; be the main attraction of. [1/2 definitions] |
| headliner |
a performer who is advertised as a main attraction; star. |
| heckle |
to bother a public speaker or performer by saying rude things or asking annoying questions. |
| illusionist |
a magician or other performer who creates perceptual illusions. |
| leader |
the conductor or principal performer in a musical group. [1/4 definitions] |
| music stand |
a vertically adjustable rack for holding sheets of music for a performer or conductor. |
| nonperformer |
combined form of performer. |
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