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sideshow Definition

side·show (-s̸hō′)

noun

  1. a small, separate show in connection with the main show, as of a circus
  2. something of minor importance; subordinate event

sideshow Synonyms

sideshow

n.

minor attraction, adjunct, related activity, subordinate event; see addition 2.

sideshow Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • become: These helmet arguments have become an irrelevant sideshow in the story of cycle safety.
  • run: I got some fame, shall we say, in the UK for running sideshow for Moby shows last year.
  • compare: But the campaign was a sideshow compared to the huge conflict on the Eastern Front.
  • provide: Lick the sweat off your partner to obtain heat -relief and provide a welcome sexual sideshow for bored fellow-travellers.
  • have: I have the feeling Sideshow will use existing head sculpts as well.

Adjective modifier

  • mere: The Virginia City people had heard many famous lectures before, but they were mere sideshows compared with Mark's.
  • other: Recommend over Sideshow's two previous Connery figures, this third figure sets the bar higher than any other sideshow 1:6 scale range.
  • irrelevant: These helmet arguments have become an irrelevant sideshow in the story of cycle safety.
  • Victorian: She appears as the supremely glamorous Astonishing Voodoo Priestess ( very popular in Victorian sideshows, along with cannibal queens ).
  • ridiculous: The Haka - a wonderful spectacle or a ridiculous sideshow?
  • useful: IGF: success, great success or useful sideshow?

Modifies a noun

  • Collectible: Sideshow Collectibles and Lucas Francis Studio have partnered to create the life-size T-800 Endoskeleton replica.
  • freak: The android returned to Horton, only to discover that he had visions of becoming rich by displaying the Flashlight like a sideshow freak.
  • performer: We explore the antics of " weird " specialists, bizarre magicians and sideshow performers.
  • action: Someone should start making custom shoulder holster rigs based on the movies for each sideshow action figure.
  • event: No longer a novelty or sideshow event but committed players with their own league and structure.

Noun used with modifier

  • circus: With an enormous repertoire of skills, David is one of the world's leading escapologists and circus sideshow performers.
  • carnival: Their demented romance leads the couple through a twisted world of carnival sideshows, media frenzy, and necrophilia.
  • fairground: He finished up working in a fairground sideshow where he died after being mauled by a lion.