Usually means: Object driving plot, often elusive.
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  1. MacGuffin, Macguffin: Merriam-Webster
  2. MacGuffin: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. MacGuffin: Collins English Dictionary
  4. MacGuffin: Vocabulary.com
  5. Macguffin: Wordnik
  6. MacGuffin: Wiktionary
  7. MacGuffin: Dictionary.com
  8. MacGuffin (cipher), MacGuffin, Macguffin: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  9. macguffin: FreeDictionary.org
  10. macguffin: Mnemonic Dictionary
  11. MacGuffin: TheFreeDictionary.com
  12. MacGuffin: Merriam-Webster

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  1. Movie Terminology Glossary (No longer online)

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  1. MacGuffin: Urban Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (MacGuffin)

noun:  (narratology) A plot element or other device used to catch the audience's attention and maintain suspense, but whose exact nature has fairly little influence over the storyline.
noun:  A surname.

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