shadowcast

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noun

The performance of a film by a group of amateurs at the same time as it is screened.

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Meanings

nounshadowcast (plural shadowcasts)

plural shadowcasts

  1. The performance of a film by a group of amateurs at the same time as it is screened.

    I joined a shadowcast and started as part of the "Tranny Corp." I learned all the parts and the makeup.

    2014, Infamous Todd Kachinski Kottmeier, Drag Queen Guide
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    They described shadowcasts where amateur performers acted out the film on a stage below the screen, and the whole audience had interacted, throwing objects and screaming things on cue.

    2013, Corrine Jackson, Pushed, page 314
verbshadowcast (third-person singular simple present shadowcasts, present participle shadowcasting, simple past and past participle shadowcast or (common, but sometimes proscribed) shadowcasted)

present singular third person shadowcasts · participle present shadowcasting · common error unknown tag participle past proscribed sometimes shadowcasted · common error unknown tag past proscribed sometimes shadowcasted

  1. To take part in such a performance.

Origin

From shadow + -cast (from broadcast).

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APA

shadowcast. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shadowcast

MLA

“shadowcast.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shadowcast. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “shadowcast,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shadowcast.

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