screen test

Meaning

Noun

1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see screen, test; a test of, or involving, a screen.
2. A filmed audition to test (and demonstrate) an actor's screen-acting ability and/or suitability for a particular role.
3. A test for the presence of a particular substance; such a test that by extension tests for a particular organism or medical condition.
4. (slang) Synonym of rough ride.

Verb

1. (intransitive, transitive) To audition via a screen test.
2. To test for a particular substance, organism or medical condition by means of a screen test.
3. (slang) To subject (someone) to a screen test.

Synonyms

screen analysis

sizing test

sieving test

sieve test

Translations

prova cinematogràfica

Probeaufnahmen

provino

auditie