musical comedy

/ˌˈmjuzəkəl ˌkɑmədi/
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Other forms: musical comedies

Definitions of musical comedy
  1. noun
    a play or film whose action and dialogue is interspersed with singing and dancing
    synonyms: musical, musical theater
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    type of:
    film, flick, motion picture, motion-picture show, movie, moving picture, moving-picture show, pic, picture, picture show
    a form of entertainment that enacts a story by sound and a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement
    play
    a theatrical performance of a drama
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