thesp
English
editEtymology
editNoun
editthesp (plural thesps)
- (informal) An actor.
- 2016 February 16, Peter Debruge, “Film Review: ‘Genius’”, in Variety[1], retrieved 2021-03-31:
- 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.
Verb
editthesp (third-person singular simple present thesps, present participle thesping, simple past and past participle thesped)
- (informal) To act (perform in a play etc.).
- 1947 April 5, Billboard:
- The play is expertly thesped by a competent cast of actors […]