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MCGUFFIN

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• MCGUFFIN (noun)
The noun MCGUFFIN has 1 sense:

1. (film) a plot element that catches the viewers' attention or drives the plot

Familiarity information: MCGUFFIN used as a noun is very rare.

• MCGUFFIN (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

(film) a plot element that catches the viewers' attention or drives the plot

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

MacGuffin; McGuffin

Context example:

the McGuffin was a key element of Alfred Hitchcock's films

Hypernyms ("McGuffin" is a kind of...):

plot element (a component or element of the plot of a story)

Domain category:

celluloid; cinema; film (a medium that disseminates moving pictures)

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