short subject

short subject

n.

A brief film often shown before a feature-length film.

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Noun

1.

short subject - a brief film; often shown prior to showing the feature motion picture, motion-picture show, movie, moving picture, moving-picture show, pic, film, picture show, flick, picture - a form of entertainment that enacts a story by sound and a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement; "they went to a movie every Saturday night"; "the film was shot on location" animated cartoon, toon, cartoon - a film made by photographing a series of cartoon drawings to give the illusion of movement when projected in rapid sequence newsreel - a short film and commentary about current events