thesp

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noun

An actor.

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Meanings

nounthesp (plural thesps)

plural thesps

  1. informalAn actor.

    For this particular storytelling approach to work, however, audiences must also find themselves seduced by the figures in question — a tall order in a movie that’s overwritten, over-scored and wildly overacted by thesps who should all know better.

    2016 February 16, Peter Debruge, “Film Review: ‘Genius’”, in Variety, retrieved 31 Mar 2021
verbthesp (third-person singular simple present thesps, present participle thesping, simple past and past participle thesped)

present singular third person thesps · participle present thesping · participle past thesped · past thesped

  1. informalTo act (perform in a play etc.).

    The play is expertly thesped by a competent cast of actors […]

    1947 April 5, Billboard

Origin

Clipping of thespian.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

StephSpeth
Cite this entry
APA

thesp. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/thesp

MLA

“thesp.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/thesp. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “thesp,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/thesp.

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