extra
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3.5
- noun
- /ˈɛkstrə/
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figurante
- Yeah, usually extras or, you know, smaller parts.
That was my only real extra job, I think in the film.
- That was my only real extra job, I think in the film.
- Oh, God forbid these bored extras wanted to like it was so annoying.
- This is my impression of every extra in the movies.
- So then did you put bikini tops on the extras?
- That's who the extras were who were fantastic, really wonderful.
- You think I look like a damn Tiger King extra?
- And honestly, he they probably hired like people like that as extras.
- No, you know why I loved being an extra?
- And he was doing extras extra work.
- But it it was teaching me like doing extras works.
- Literally getting out acted by extras by props.
Examples
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Just after somebody shouted ACTION to 25,000 extras, I fell down.
Fiction book (1996) -
But we had like some of the fight scenes, we had more extras than than they had on Braveheart.
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Like I just want to just like be an extra on the set and just see how it works.
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That was my only real extra job, I think in the film.
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This is my impression of every extra in the movies.
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Actually, we're short a couple of extras.
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Seattle Opera is looking for "dozens of extras to crowd the stage" during the final scene.
Blog text (14) -
The studios are full of aspirants or extras without work.
Academic text (2017) -
Yeah, they're shooting a scene at the zoo, and they need kid extras.
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In the movie, hundreds of extras gathered in the background to create a lively crowd scene.
Synonyms
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8.8
A person who has a very small part in a play or film, often with no lines
A person who appears in crowd scenes without speaking parts
A performer who appears in the background of a play, film, or opera
Antonyms
Compounds
- US
16
3.3
A point given after a touchdown when a team kicks the ball through the goalposts
- Specialized
A special payment a company gives people who own its shares when it has extra money
- Specialized
Extra money employers pay employees for work beyond their normal tasks
How Big
Surface Forms
Etymology
A film extra is a person who is 'outside' the main cast, and the word comes from Latin extra 'outside', so an extra is an additional, background actor in a scene.