Performer

Word PERFORMER
Character 9
Hyphenation per form er
Pronunciations /pəˈfɔːmə/

Definitions and meanings of "Performer"

What do we mean by performer?

One who performs for, or entertains, an audience.

One who performs or does anything.

A concise expression meaning "of adequate performance" without stretching to "high-performance" (especially since High Performance Computing has a specific meaning of its own). Unfortunately, in the modern language of hyperbole, terms like "adequate" and "acceptable" have negative connotations along the lines of "not really good enough but better than nothing". So, we, as an industry, have invented a jargon word "performant" to express the idea that a thing has a level of performance sufficient that you don't need to worry about it and can look for optimisations elsewhere in your system. Urban Dictionary

Something that has adequate or better performance. Combination of "Performance" and "Conformant". Commonly used by Microsofties but not a real word. Urban Dictionary

Term for someone in the entertainment industry that people will pay to go see or watch on the screen, despite the fact that said person can't really sing, play music, act or do anything else noteworthy. Because they don't really sing, perform music or act, they can't legitimately be called singers, musicians or actors. 'Performer' is a nice catch-all term for such people that doesn't demean others in the entertainment business with actual ability. Note that the mere fact that performers have no particular ability doesn't mean they can't make plenty of money doing whatever it is that they do. The one ability that performers generally have is marketability. And as countless examples have shown, the ability to be marketed (and to market one's self) is far more important than musical or acting talent anyway. Urban Dictionary

A showcase of talent to an audience. The one thing that sums up all the hard work, time, and thought put into a work of beauty & art. It's a breathtaking and nerve-racking experience that only some have the chance to do. Urban Dictionary

Describes whether or not a system will perform under load. Usage first appeared in magazine publishing industry. Possibly made up by one of my system architects. Urban Dictionary

Really good head. Urban Dictionary

To do something deliberately, flamboyantly and melodramatically in a social setting, solely for the attention you believe it will garner for you. Urban Dictionary

To do exactly what is the absolute best thing to do at the present moment in particular... Perfectly Executed Competence, Whether its minor or major... Or Past or Future situations... To put on... Put in work... Earn street credibility, Reliable, Clutch, Finesse, Swift.... Making the best of any and/or every opportunity.... Make a big drug sale... Complete a come up.... Getting a large amount of money... Paying Bills on time... Getting Rich... Getting richer... Gaining wealth... Can also be used to describe a victorious violent act or robbery... Winning a fight, Pop the bottle Pop off.... Match the energy of someone bringing violence or disrespect your way or your family/loved ones way.... To win..... Urban Dictionary

Term for someone in the entertainment industry that people pay to go see or watch on the screen, despite the fact that said person can't really sing, play music, act, or do anything else noteworthy. Because they don't really sing, perform music or act, they can't legitimately be called singers, musicians or actors. Performer is a nice catch-all term for them that doesn't demean other people in the entertainment business with actual ability. Note that the fact that performers have no particular ability doesn't meant that they can't make plenty of money doing whatever it is they do! The one ability performers generally have is marketability. And as countless examples have shown, the ability to be marketed (and to market one's self) is far more important and valuable than musical or acting talent anyway. Urban Dictionary

When someone uses a “woke” cause to ensure their social media following knows that they care... when actually, all they care about is their influencer status and the amount of like they’ll get. Urban Dictionary

Synonyms and Antonyms for Performer

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The word "performer" in example sentences

But honestly, being a performer is an incredibly isolating position. ❋ Unknown (2009)

I can't help noticing, in a very cursory ear-glance, slightly impaired by beer and tremendous jetlag, that your MIDI "performer" is somewhat careless not only about your dynamics, but also your pedal markings, and I'm only talking about the first 4 bars! ❋ Matthew Guerrieri (2009)

If Clay Aiken was busy on Tuesday and Wednesday nights, then he could have used iTunes to listen to more before posting an opinion on which performer is better. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Touched by the powerful emotions that a performance can evoke – especially that harmonizing quality that moves a whole watching community, and the belief in the possibility of transcending the normal human condition of flawed, grounded ordinariness – the would-be performer is ready to give everything they have in the service of a transient dream. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Although a brief description of the performer is provided in the short list of notes in the back, given the number of times Hikita is referenced, I would have preferred they choose someone known in the U.S., such as Lady Gaga. ❋ Unknown (2010)

But the usual go-to performer is Ross, who picked up where she left off after being last year's conference rookie of the year. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The most delightful performer is perhaps Nelson, whose baseball-cap-sporting Mister careens from streetwise scrappiness to sagacious calm. ❋ Celia Wren (2010)

Miles, the all-American, familiar-looking performer is taking the internet by storm with his latest music video ‘This Must Be The Place’, a Talking Heads cover, inspired entirely by the best scenes from American Psycho. ❋ Unknown (2009)

An even more recently introduced character that began as just a sort of "background performer" is going to have a major role to play before the end, too. ❋ Ewillett (2008)

This performer is from Mysore, as he sings in his high pitched voice he displays a couple of thousand photographs of various gods and especially Krishna. ❋ Anjali (2007)

No single performer is wedded to any particular role or part and more often than not represent community observers of the story than actual participants in it. ❋ Unknown (2007)

The director and State/Stella performer is currently preparing to direct a new film starring Rudd called Little Big Men, and he discussed the movie and his appreciation for its star in a recent interview with Gothamist: ❋ Unknown (2007)

So it comes to pass that the 5th Big Top performer is off to Science Camp following in the footsteps of Abby, Zoë, Holly and Bill. ❋ Unknown (2007)

BRIEF SYNOPSIS: Helen, the teenage daughter of a circus performer is transported to a strange world when her mother is taken to the hospital. ❋ Unknown (2006)

Outlook: G O.J. Mayo, a two-time first-team All-USA performer, is the nation's top player and will impact a stocked roster, with 6-9 C Patrick Patterson (11 rpg) and 6-5 Chris Early (13 ppg), who signed with Oklahoma. ❋ Unknown (2006)

You hear the story again and again: a promising young band or performer is discovered, catapults to fame, comes tumbling down, and is doomed to live the rest of their life in obscurity or as a punch line. ❋ Unknown (2006)

The [JVM] is performant. ❋ Snookumz (2011)

"It's [super super] important to [get that] code [performant] before we ship!" ❋ Some Microsofty (2006)

Recent examples of performers: Britney Spears Madonna Paris Hilton [Hilary Duff] [All boy] bands [Kevin Federline] ❋ Action Man (2007)

1. There is only a week left until our dance performance. We have to [nail it]. 2. The crowds [lined up] to get into the building to watch [the performance]. ❋ Gail. (2006)

That [VAX] [system] was really slow until we [overclocked] it to 20MHz - then it became highly performant ❋ Kerry P (2006)

She [gave] [quite] a [performance]. ❋ Solid Mantis (2016)

[Carrie's] outburst about defending [migrant] rights was such a performance! It was just to get attention from Eric, who's on the [College Democrats]. She's not even registered to vote... ❋ WritingWriter87 (2019)

Guess what my nigga, I just made like 20 Grand easy, I had to perform.... Yo Son just disrespected me real crazy, so I had to Crunch him(beat him up), I had to perform... I got shot at last week by that nigga cross town, So I gripped up(got High powered weapons and ammunition), I had to perform' or I performed(Shot him back).... I just handled some buisness real quick and closed a great deal, I had to perform..... Yo my girl bailed me out of jail [in the nick of time], she came through, she performed...... [Micheal Jordan] hit the game winner in 1998 versus the [Utah jazz], He performed... ❋ Kilogram Giovanni (2019)

Recent examples of performers: Britney Spears Madonna Paris Hilton [Hilary Duff] [All boy] bands [Kevin Federline] ❋ Action Man (2007)

“Hey, have you seen that Guy is constantly posting about this cause on his [feed]?” “Yeah, of course... they have to at least LOOK like they care. Performance activism is his [forte]. That’s perfect [follower] material, right there!” ❋ MisSTeresaGreen (2020)

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