show business

noun

1. the entertainment industry, as theater, motion pictures, television, radio, carnival, and circus.

show business

noun

1. the entertainment industry, including theatre, films, television, and radio Informal termshow biz

Word History and Origins

Origin of show business¹

First recorded in 1925–30

Example Sentences

The dialogue was packed with references to celebrities and inside jokes about show business.

From The Daily Beast

I have a son and a daughter and neither one were raised as show business children.

From Ozy

Storm found her niche in show business after fleeing rural poverty in her native Georgia.

From Washington Post

With “Just as I Am,” after a 60-plus-year career in show business, Tyson finally gives us the honor of knowing, in the words of the Clara Ward gospel hymn, how she got over.

From Washington Post

From selling guidebooks at Disneyland as a 10-year-old to appearing on Saturday Night Live decades later, Martin tells fascinating stories about show business and the isolation that comes with performing.

From Time

Again, these are two of the funniest people in show business.

From The Daily Beast

But how could you a call a signature talent that shone for more than four decades in show business tiresome?

From The Daily Beast

Not, of course, in the show business sense of the word; as a filmmaker, Soderbergh arrived long ago.

From The Daily Beast

Her ballerinas are not aiming to enter show business, but rather to offer their community the transformative gift of dance.

From The Daily Beast

His decision reflected a quality—largely extinct in show business now—called integrity.

From The Daily Beast

The public wants to see midgets and fully fifty percent of these are now engaged in some form of show business.

From Project Gutenberg

In the show-business a bull is a bull, whether it's a lady-bull or a gentleman-bull.

From Project Gutenberg

"I guess this will be the end of the show business," she added to Mrs. Watson who had stopped in for a few minutes' talk.

From Project Gutenberg

They were in the show business, too, and they traveled under several different names.

From Project Gutenberg

It's always the best time for the show business—'tisn't like a circus—that does best in the summer time.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• entertainment industry
• movie industry
• show biz