What does Sideshow mean?

Definitions for Sideshow
ˈsaɪdˌʃoʊsideshow

This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word Sideshow.

Princeton's WordNet

  1. sideshownoun

    a subordinate incident of little importance relative to the main event

    "instruction is not an educational sideshow"

  2. sideshownoun

    a minor show that is part of a larger one (as at the circus)

Wiktionary

  1. sideshownoun

    A minor attraction at a circus or fair.

  2. sideshownoun

    An incidental spectacle that diverts attention from a larger concern.

  3. sideshownoun

    An event where a large group of people display automotive stunts.

  4. sideshownoun

    An additional concert not part of the programme of a major music festival.

Wikipedia

  1. Sideshow

    In North America, a sideshow is an extra, secondary production associated with a circus, carnival, fair, or other such attraction.

ChatGPT

  1. sideshow

    A sideshow is a subordinate event or spectacle, typically accompanying a larger one such as a circus or fair. It often features unusual, exotic or extraordinary displays or performances designed to attract attention and entertain the audience. This term can also refer metaphorically to anything that serves as a secondary or lesser distraction or spectacle.

Wikidata

  1. Sideshow

    In America, a sideshow is an extra, secondary production associated with a circus, carnival, fair or other such attraction.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Sideshow in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Sideshow in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of Sideshow in a Sentence

  1. Geoff Bunn:

    Art is about painting. All the rest is just a sideshow

  2. Fox News:

    Act of War: Lyndon Johnson, North Korea, and the Capture of the Spy Ship Pueblo, the Pueblo fell through the cracks of history because it became a sideshow to everything that happened.

  3. Marco Rubio:

    These kinds of theatrics by Ted Cruz and Donald Trump are an entertaining sideshow, but they have nothing to do with defeating Hillary Clinton, i'm going to stay focused on uniting the Republican party so we can defeat Hillary Clinton and turn the page on eight years of liberal failure. We don't have time for these kinds of distractions.

  4. Wilfredo Navarro:

    What is said outside is nothing more than a sideshow to make the negotiation tense, this dialogue has many enemies.

  5. Rich Noyes:

    It seems high and mighty of the Huffington Post to decide who is and who isn't a real candidate when Donald Trump is leading in the Republican polls right now, they wouldn't have taken kindly if the rest of the media had treated Arianna Huffington's run for governor of California as a sideshow. I would say it's up to the voters to decide who is a real candidate and who is not.

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