page-turner

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A highly interesting or suspenseful written work that one is compelled to read very rapidly.
  2. A person who is responsible for turning the pages of another musician’s (especially a pianist or organist’s) sheet music during a performance.
  3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see page, turner.

Word forms

page-turner page-turners pageturner

Etymology

From page + turner.

Related words

This entry uses open data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA/GFDL). Word forms are used for search and are not indexed as separate pages.