game show
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1.1
- noun
- /ˈɡeɪm ʃoʊ/
:
programa de concursos
- She dreams of being a contestant on a popular game show where contestants can win big money.
- television game show
- TV game show
- watch game shows
They play like a game show on the cruise.
- They play like a game show on the cruise.
- Would that be considered a game show, like a team one in there?
- And she's the host of the Nickelodeon game show Double Dare.
- Exactly what game show do you think you guys would be best on?
- And we talked about the fact that, you know, the game show, the game part of it.
- Yeah, for it was a game show like Jeopardy, but it's called Comedy Killers.
- I'm genuinely like, I feel like I'm hosting this, this game show called in with a shout.
- Why weren't like like Japanese like toy and card and game shows so big when we were kids?
- They're going to take your money and run and the Paki game show antics where they punish you.
Examples
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There was a game show on TV with a laugh track.
Fiction book (1991) -
Your mother always loved the game shows, and you wanted to please her.
Fiction book (2002) -
And by the way, this game show still has a fan base.
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Exactly what game show do you think you guys would be best on?
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Do you think this is a game show?
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We never expected the game show business to work out for you.
Fiction book (2002) -
Questions and answers in the game show format of This Is Your Life.
Fiction book (1996) -
We were watching a game show on what had to have been the world's largest residential television set.
Fiction book (1998) -
Y'know, I came up with a new game show idea recently.
Fiction book (2002) -
One of them begins to whistle the theme song from the television game show, Jeopardy.
Fiction book (1996)
Synonyms
818
1.8
A show on radio or television for an audience
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1.0
A TV program that people watch for fun or information
131
1.0
A program you watch on TV in separate episodes
16
1.0
A show, series, or live event that people watch on television
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3.5
A radio or TV show where people compete to win prizes
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2.7
A television or radio show where people answer questions to win prizes
Antonyms
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a television or radio program in which people compete in games or quizzes for prizes' is directly derivable from combining 'game' (a recreational contest) and 'show' (a staged event for an audience). This noun-noun compounding is a transparent, cross-linguistically common pattern, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents would readily infer the MWE meaning.
Etymology
The noun game show comes from early stage and radio events where people played a game while a crowd watched a show. So the phrase came to mean a TV or radio program where people compete for 'prizes'.