offscreen
adjectiveadverbverbattested in dialogue
Existing or happening outside the frame of the cinema or television screen.
adjective
- 1
Existing or happening outside the frame of the cinema or television screen.
In addition to racking up what looks like a substantial offscreen body count, the movie at one point offers an eight-second introduction for a sleazy used-car salesman character for the sole purpose of justifying Tripp and Creech laying waste to his inventory.
Etymology
From off + screen.
adverb
- 1
Outside the frame of the cinema or television screen.
verb
- 1
To kill a character offscreen.
Yeah, I also hate her. I hope she gets offscreened in the third act low-key.
Forms
- past tense
- offscreened
- past participle
- offscreened
- present participle
- offscreening
- third person singular
- offscreens
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offscreen · Existing or happening outside the frame of the cinema or television screen.
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