Usually means: Alternative performance, often unconventional entertainment.
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We found 23 dictionaries that define the word sideshow:

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  1. sideshow: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. sideshow: Merriam-Webster
  3. sideshow: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. sideshow: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. sideshow: Collins English Dictionary
  6. sideshow: Vocabulary.com
  7. Sideshow, sideshow: Wordnik
  8. sideshow: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. sideshow: Wiktionary
  10. sideshow: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. sideshow: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. sideshow: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. sideshow: Dictionary.com
  14. sideshow: Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. Sideshow (album), Sideshow (automobile exhibition), Sideshow (disambiguation), Sideshow (song), Sideshow, The Sideshow (film), The Sideshow: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. sideshow: Rhymezone
  17. sideshow: FreeDictionary.org
  18. sideshow: Mnemonic Dictionary
  19. sideshow: TheFreeDictionary.com
  20. sideshow: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary

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  1. sideshow: Encyclopedia

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American English Definition British English Definition
▸ noun:  A minor attraction at a larger event such as a circus, fair or music festival.
▸ noun:  (figurative) An incidental spectacle that diverts attention from a larger concern.
▸ noun:  (US slang) An incident in which drivers block traffic to perform stunts like donuts and burnouts for an extended period of time.

Similar:
sally, sexhibition, sidelight, drag show, shindy, leg show, strip party, legshow, shortie, scoot, more...

Opposite:
main event, headliner, feature

Types:
freak show, carnival, circus, more...

Phrases:
windows sideshow, Sideshow Bob, Sideshow Bob Roberts, Sideshow Collectibles, Sideshow Bob's Last Gleaming, more...

Adjectives:
circus, mere, little, minor, interesting, political, small, irrelevant, american, whole, amusing


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Similar:
sally, sexhibition, sidelight, drag show, shindy, leg show, strip party, legshow, shortie, scoot, more...

Opposite:
main event, headliner, feature

Types:
freak show, carnival, circus, more...

Phrases:
windows sideshow, Sideshow Bob, Sideshow Bob Roberts, Sideshow Collectibles, Sideshow Bob's Last Gleaming, sideshow performers, more...

Adjectives:
circus, mere, little, minor, interesting, political, small, irrelevant, american, whole, amusing



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