McGuffin
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
(film) a plot element that catches the viewers' attention or drives the plot
the McGuffin was a key element of Alfred Hitchcock's films
Types & categories
- plot element hypernym
Related & opposite
- cinema domain topic
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | domain topic | Related & opposite | cinema |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | plot element |