noun नाम

MacGuffin meaning in marathi

मॅकगफिन

  • Pronunciation

    /məˈɡʌf.ɪn/

  • Definition

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

    (चित्रपट) एक कथानक घटक जो दर्शकांचे लक्ष वेधून घेतो किंवा कथानक चालवतो

  • Synonyms

    McGuffin (मॅकगफिन)

noun

MacGuffin meaning in marathi

मॅकगफिन

  • Definitions

    1. A plot element or other device used to catch the audience's attention and maintain suspense, but whose exact nature has fairly little influence over the storyline.

    प्रेक्षकाचे लक्ष वेधून घेण्‍यासाठी आणि सस्‍पेन्‍स राखण्‍यासाठी वापरलेले प्‍लॉट एलिमेंट किंवा इतर डिव्‍हाइस, परंतु ज्‍याच्‍या अचूक प्रकृतीचा कथेवर फारसा प्रभाव पडत नाही.

  • Examples:
    1. " But we wound up realizing you really can't top yourself. You just tell a different story and hope the new MacGuffin is as compelling as the last MacGuffin."

    2. A paleontologist lately returned from an expedition to Wyoming, where he unearthed the bones of the first brontosaurus (and supplied guns to the Indians on behalf of the Foreign Office, which had succeeded in its policy of balkanizing the North American continent) Mallory comes into possession of the MacGuffin during a Derby Day encounter with Byron's daughter (and Babbage's protégée) Ada. Thereafter he is hounded by a whole rogue's gallery of villains bent on reclaiming the MacGuffin.