Curtain Call (Noun)
Meaning
An appearance by actors or performers at the end of the concert or play in order to acknowledge the applause of the audience.
Classification
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents.
Examples
- The audience erupted into applause as the performers took their final curtain call, waving and smiling to the crowd.
- After the last note of the symphony faded away, the musicians took a triumphant curtain call, basking in the thunderous applause.
- The cast of the play gathered on stage for a final curtain call, grinning from ear to ear as the audience cheered and whistled.
- As the rock band finished their encore, they launched into a curtain call, strumming their guitars and tossing drumsticks to the crowd.
- The opera singers took a regal curtain call, bowing and curtsying to the audience as the orchestra played a final flourish.