Usually means: Final bow at performance end.
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We found 21 dictionaries that define the word curtain call:

General (18 matching dictionaries)
  1. curtain call: Merriam-Webster
  2. curtain call: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. curtain call: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. curtain call: Collins English Dictionary
  5. curtain call: Vocabulary.com
  6. curtain call: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. curtain-call, curtain call: Wiktionary
  8. curtain call: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  9. curtain call: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. curtain call: Dictionary.com
  11. Curtain Call (American Horror Story), Curtain Call (American TV series), Curtain Call (Hank Mobley album), Curtain Call (Nina Sky song), Curtain Call (UK album), Curtain Call, Curtain call (disambiguation), Curtain call: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. curtain call: Rhymezone
  13. curtain call: FreeDictionary.org
  14. curtain call: Mnemonic Dictionary
  15. curtain call: TheFreeDictionary.com
  16. curtain call: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Technical Glossary of Theatre Terms (No longer online)

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. curtain call: Encyclopedia

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Curtain Call: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (curtain call)

▸ noun:  The moment at the end of a performance when actors come back on the stage and thank the audience for applauding them for their performance.

Similar:
bow, final curtain, encore, wrap, outroduction, epilogue, closing credits, outro, callback, last hurrah, more...

Opposite:
encore

Types:
standing ovation, bow, encore, final bow, applause, curtain speech, exit music, more...

Phrases:
bent at a curtain call, sound heard at a curtain call, more...

Adjectives:
front, clopen, abend, on time, head, fine, forward, close, fore, front-end, upfront

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Similar:
bow, final curtain, encore, wrap, outroduction, epilogue, closing credits, outro, callback, last hurrah, more...

Opposite:
encore

Types:
standing ovation, bow, encore, final bow, applause, curtain speech, exit music, more...

Phrases:
bent at a curtain call, sound heard at a curtain call, more...

Adjectives:
front, clopen, abend, on time, head, fine, forward, close, fore, front-end, upfront



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