floor show
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4.2
- noun
- /flɔr ʃoʊ/
:
espectáculo en el suelo
- The restaurant features a lively floor show every Saturday night, complete with music and dancing.
- watch the floor show
I got the team gave them the food and stuff and there was a floor show, so nobody came out.
- I got the team gave them the food and stuff and there was a floor show, so nobody came out.
Examples
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We watched him as if he were the main attraction of a floor show.
Fiction book (1991) -
We had a table right next to the dance floor so I could watch the floor show, and he bought me a white rabbit evening cape, which I wore with white knee socks and black Mary Janes.
Fiction book (1995) -
Right on time for the floor show.
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Ah, this should be a darling floor show.
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And just in time for the floor show.
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But we got this little floor show, and we have to do it.
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We enjoyed the floor show.
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Customers who had finished eating were sitting there as if they were watching a floor show.
Fiction book (1990) -
Well, I'm afraid that we'll have to conclude the floor show for tonight.
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Otis takes a swig, enjoying the floor show.
Fiction book (1994)
Synonyms
23
9.5
A live show with many short acts like songs and comedy
14
7.2
Live shows of music, dance or comedy that people watch while they eat in a club
11
3.4
A show made of different short acts like songs, dances, and jokes
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6.0
A live show of music or dance for people eating and drinking in clubs and restaurants
How Entertaining
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly built from 'show' (a staged event) modified by 'floor' (the area or surface of a room), yielding a show that takes place on the floor/venue rather than on a formal stage. This location-based modifier pattern is common and predictable across languages, so a B1 learner who knows both words can reasonably infer the basic meaning (though finer cultural/register nuances like nightclub cabaret may require exposure).
Etymology
Floor show may come from old clubs where singers and dancers performed right on the room floor instead of on a raised stage, so the audience was very close. That's why today floor show means a lively 'live entertainment' act in a restaurant or nightclub.