thesp

English

Etymology

Clipping of thespian.

Noun

thesp (plural thesps)

  1. (informal) An actor.
    • 2016 February 16, Peter Debruge, “Film Review: ‘Genius’”, in Variety‎[1], retrieved 31 March 2021:
      For this particular storytelling approach to work, however, audiences must also find themselves seduced by the figures in question — a tall order in a movie that’s overwritten, over-scored and wildly overacted by thesps who should all know better.

Verb

thesp (third-person singular simple present thesps, present participle thesping, simple past and past participle thesped)

  1. (informal) To act (perform in a play etc.).
    • 1947 April 5, Billboard:
      The play is expertly thesped by a competent cast of actors […]

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