McGuffin

Noun

Meaning

(film) a plot element that catches the viewers' attention or drives the plot

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Examples

the McGuffin was a key element of Alfred Hitchcock's films Source: Internet

The opening scene of gun-toting, beer-guzzling, tattooed dissidents spewing expletives at the world is the perfect McGuffin for a provocative drama soaked in racial brinksmanship. Source: Internet

Other cove says a McGuffin is an apparatus for trapping lions in the Adirondacks. Source: Internet

MCGUFFIN: Trudeau says the questions that need to be answered are all to be found in Iran. Source: Internet

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