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Definition of "show-and-tell" []

  • An educational activity in which a child displays an object to the class and talks about it. (noun)
  • A public presentation or display. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "show-and-tell" in a sentence
  • "I had a similar incedent in 2nd grade except it was a spinner that I had caught my first trout on and was bringing it to show-and-tell and got it taken away nd then I got into trouble."
  • "Ha! I used to write and share stories for show-and-tell starting back in the third grade."
  • "Meanwhile, Ian McDonald goes all neener-neener-neener and skips the "show" part of show-and-tell when he tells us he has seen the Stephan Martiniere cover for Pyr's edition of The Dervish House."
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