| show show /; AmE / noun [C,U] DOG AND PONY SHOW, NO-SHOW, TRADE SHOW an occasion when people, businesses, etc. show and sell their goods and services: a trade show the Paris auto show The latest computers will be on show at the exhibition. ⇨ EXHIBITION, FAIR, ROADSHOW IDIOMS show of hands a way of voting in which people at a meeting raise their hands to show if they agree with sth or are against it: Strike action was rejected by a show of hands. |