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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a show consisting of a series of short unrelated performances;
[syn: variety show, variety]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Variety show \Variety show\ A stage entertainment, live or televised, of successive separate performances, usually songs, dances, acrobatic feats, dramatic sketches, exhibitions of trained animals, or any specialties. When performed live in a theater, it was often called a vaudeville show, but when television became a dominant form of entertainment live vaudeville performances almost completely ceased. [Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

variety show n 1: a show consisting of a series of short unrelated performances [syn: variety show, variety]