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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. (film) a plot element that catches the viewers' attention or drives the plot;
- Example: "the McGuffin was a key element of Alfred Hitchcock's films"
[syn: McGuffin, MacGuffin]



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

MacGuffin
    n 1: (film) a plot element that catches the viewers' attention
         or drives the plot; "the McGuffin was a key element of
         Alfred Hitchcock's films" [syn: McGuffin, MacGuffin]