Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. One who substitutes for an actor while the lights and camera are adjusted or during hazardous action.
- n. A substitute.
Wiktionary
- n. A person of similar size and shape to an actor that "stands-in" for the actor during the lengthy process of setting up a shot, who, unlike a double, does not appear in the film.
- n. A substitute
WordNet 3.0
- n. someone who takes the place of another (as when things get dangerous or difficult)
Etymologies
- to stand in (Wiktionary)
Examples
“A campaign run by the always-chingón Applied Research Center publishers of the even-more-chingón magazine, Colorlines is seeking that everyone stop using the term "illegal" outright, or at the least resort to using the awkward I-word stand-in.”
The Huffington Post: Gustavo Arellano: ¡ASK A MEXICAN!: "Illegals" and The "N-Word"
“It is often positively correlated with the standard of living, though its use as a stand-in for measuring the standard of living has come under increasing criticism and many countries are actively exploring alternative measures to GDP for that purpose.”
“Phillips highlights what I attempted to do around the controversy of what Harman said in her time as stand-in PM.”
“Indeed, there seemed to be no shortage of volunteers and stand-in aunts and uncles willing to look after the baby.”
Simon & Schuster: Star Trek: Typhon Pact Paths of Disharmony
“The film is using Pittsburgh as a stand-in for Gotham, and the a game featuring city's fictional football team plays into the storyline.”
“It was important to me that Sarah not be a flawless authorial stand-in.”
Jodi Compton Answers Questions About Her First Book, The 37th Hour
“The Belgians were playing under their stand-in coach, Pierre Denier, after Frank Vercauteren quit following last week's first leg.”
The Guardian: Mario Gómez eases Bayern Munich to the Champions League group stage
“The manager could not contain his fury at Probert's decision to dismiss Johan Djourou in the 78th minute and he accused Fulham's players of attempting to get the stand-in right-back his second yellow card.”
The Guardian: Arsenal's Arsène Wenger rages at referee after Fulham defeat
“Darren Bent hopes he can continue to "audition" for the role as Wayne Rooney's stand-in at next summer's European Championship in Poland and Ukraine.”
The Guardian: Darren Bent vying for suspended Wayne Rooney's Euro 2012 spot
“Nathan Drake, descendant of Sir Francis Drake, 21st-century Indiana Jones stand-in and likable chap, his equally disarming mentor Sully, their antagonists and the girls that pursue Nathan, are a charming and well-drawn set of characters.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘stand-in’.
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Many Stands
grandstand, Custer's last stand, bandstand, witness stand, upstand, bedstand, Rostand, handstand, hardstand, headstand, newsstand, stillstand and 95 more...
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2008 Wordlist
Hopefully, I'll be using this site for more than one year. It will be fun then to look back and see what new words I found worthy of notice in any given year.
All words spotted in 2008...longanimity, permalancer, breeder, biodegradable, handicapable, gender-neutral, translator, interpreter, translation, interpreting, kleptocracy, fanfiction and 1598 more...
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filmscript
1st positions, action, atmosphere, background action, banana, bit part, body double, bluescreen, call sheet, call time, checking-in, checking the gate and 81 more...
Tweets
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bilby Apparently this is also the name for those skanky things that are like a scene or person with a cut-out space for you to put your head in, usually for the purpose of being photographed. Example. May 30, 2009
gangerh A person who has the same physical properties of a particular actor that takes their place during the lengthy setup of a scene. Jul 29, 2008