McGuffin
Meaning of McGuffin
noun
- an object or device in a film or a book which serves merely as a trigger for the plot.
the McGuffin in this intriguing comedy is an unpublished novel by a young writer killed in the war
1930s: a Scottish surname, coined in this sense by the English film director Alfred Hitchcock, allegedly from a humorous story involving such a pivotal factor.
Information about McGuffin
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Hyphenation of McGuffin
McGuf-fin
- It consists of 2 syllables and 8 chars.
- McGuffin is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
McGuffin synonyms
Words that rhyme with McGuffin
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