Reverse Dictionary: ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY

ADJECTIVES
1977 — HOT of a set in the television and film industries: fully prepared for filming → US sl.

NOUNS
1939 — MACGUFFIN in the film industry: a plot device that though seemingly important serves only to set a plot in motion; a gimmick; a hook → sl.
1961 — THE BIZ the entertainment, theatre, or film making business → UK sl.
1968 — HOOKER in the advertising and entertainment industry: an element or inducement intended to stimulate the interest of a reader, audience, customer, etc. → Amer. sl.
1970 — DAILIES film scenes filmed one day, rush processed and delivered for viewing by the director and others the same or next day → US sl.
1984 — TRADES the trade journals of the US entertainment industry → US sl.
1987 — GATOR GRIP in television and film-making: a clamp used to attach lights → US sl.
1988 — NIGHT FOR NIGHT in television and film-making: a scene set at night that is also shot at night → US sl.
1990 — ABBY SINGER in television and film-making: the next-to-last shot of the day → US sl.
1990 — CARRY DAY in television and film-making: a day in which the cast and crew are paid but do not have to work → US sl.
1990 — DINKY INKY in television and film-making: a low watt spotlight → US sl.
1990 — SNOOT in the television and movie industries: a cone attachment that directs light to a specific area → US sl.
1990 — UMBRELLA in the television and film industries: a reflector used to bounce light onto a subject  → US sl.
1997 — PAGE ONER a screenplay in need of a complete rewrite → US sl.

NOUNS, PERSON
1997 — TRACKER in the television and film industries: a low-level development executive → US sl.

VERBS
1987 — CRAB in the television and film industries: to move the camera sideways → US sl.
1991 — CHEAT in the entertainment industry: to move slightly to create a better camera angle → US sl.