noun اسم

MacGuffin meaning in urdu

میک گفن

  • Pronunciation

    /məˈɡʌf.ɪn/

  • Definition

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

    (فلم) ایک پلاٹ عنصر جو ناظرین کی توجہ حاصل کرتا ہے یا پلاٹ کو چلاتا ہے۔

  • Synonyms

    McGuffin (میک گفن)

noun اسم

MacGuffin meaning in urdu

میک گفن

  • 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.

    ایک پلاٹ عنصر یا دوسرا آلہ جو سامعین کی توجہ حاصل کرنے اور سسپنس کو برقرار رکھنے کے لیے استعمال کیا جاتا ہے، لیکن جس کی اصل نوعیت کا کہانی پر بہت کم اثر ہوتا ہے۔

  • 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.