offscreen

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offscreen

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From off + screen.

adjective off-screen

  1. not comparable Existing or happening outside the frame of the cinema or television screen. In addition to racking up what looks like a substantial offscreen body count, the movie at one point offers an eight-second introduction for a sleazy used-car salesman character for the sole purpose of justifying Tripp and Creech laying waste to his inventory.

adverb off-screen

  1. not comparable Outside the frame of the cinema or television screen.

verb offscreens · offscreening · offscreened · off-screen

  1. transitive To kill a character offscreen. Yeah, I also hate her. I hope she gets offscreened in the third act low-key.

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