body double
a person whose body is shown in a movie or TV show in substitution for a leading actor, especially in a nude scene.
Origin of body double
1- Also called double .
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How to use body double in a sentence
Visitors to the feeders more frequently attempted to mate with green female body doubles than males or females with male-mimicking blue coloration.
Female hummingbirds may sport flashy feathers to avoid being harassed | Carolyn Wilke | August 26, 2021 | Science NewsIt meant the final ad would include the actors’ bodies, so they needed to cast believable body doubles.
Inside the strange new world of being a deepfake actor | Karen Hao | October 9, 2020 | MIT Technology ReviewI absolutely hated letting anyone do fast walking or running for me, and had to let a body double do that.
Kit Harington: Game of Thrones’ Jon Snow Learns to Fight Dirty | Marlow Stern | April 9, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTCompared with the lethargic figure of two weeks ago, it was as if the Obama campaign had sent a body double.
Barack Obama Seizes the Upper Hand Over Mitt Romney at Second Debate | Howard Kurtz | October 17, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTFor this, Phillips recruited Kassia Meador, one of the top female surfers in the world, to act as her body double.
Lindsay Lohan Short Film By Richard Phillips Premieres at Art Basel | Isabel Wilkinson | June 12, 2012 | THE DAILY BEAST
At the end of the seventh minute Frederick rose, bent his body double and tiptoed out of the room.
The buff's spine broke and the bear bent the body double, then tore it to pieces.
The Beasts in the Void | Paul W. Fairman
British Dictionary definitions for body double
films a person who substitutes for a star for the filming of a scene that involves shots of the body rather than the face
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