Vaudeville meaning

vôd'vĭl', vōd'-, vô'də-
A light comic play that often includes songs, pantomime, and dances.
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A popular, often satirical song.
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A comic theatrical piece interspersed with songs and dances.
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A satirical or topical song, often with pantomime.
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(historical, uncountable) A style of multi-act theatrical entertainment which flourished in North America from the 1880s through the 1920s.
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(historical, countable) An entertainment in this style.
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Origin of vaudeville

  • French alteration of Old French vaudevire occasional or topical light popular song possibly short for chanson du Vau de Vire song of Vau de Vire, a valley of northwest France or perhaps dialectal vauder to go virer to turn veer1
    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Vaudeville Sentence Examples

  • In 1857, having been persuaded to make a play of the novel of Dalila, he brought out this piece at the Vaudeville, and enjoyed a brilliant success; on this occasion he positively broke through the consigne and went up to Paris to see his play rehearsed.

  • vaudeville show in the pavilion of a seaside pier.

  • A talent scout visits a Broadway booker to sell him a new vaudeville act he has seen.

  • Vaudeville historian Joe Laurie, Jr. claimed that vaudeville headliner Eva Tanguay let the veils drop in her version of the Salome dance in 1912.

  • Some examples of other names of steps are botafogo, jazz box, kick ball change, mambo step, military turn, sugarfoot, vaudeville - a complete list is impossible because the art is constantly changing.

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