The action of hissing off the stage; ignominious rejection. Also figurative.

A summons, typically in the form of applause, made by an audience for an actor, director, speaker, etc., to appear on stage after a performance…

A call for the repetition of a song, etc.; the repetition itself. Also attributive.

With allusion to the hissing noise made by the goose; esp. Theatrical slang (see quots. 1805 1865 goose-weed n. at compounds 2b).

slang (originally Theatre). With the. An instance of hissing or otherwise expressing one's dissatisfaction with a performer (more fully the big bird)…

An act of calling back an actor, singer, or other performer to the stage or platform; an encore. Now rare.

In various elliptical or allusive uses: (i) = curtain-call n. at compounds 3; (ii) the finale of a play, act, or scene; also transferred; (iii) = c…

a call by an audience for an actor or actors to take a bow after the fall of the curtain (see 2).

Originally with reference to comedy: the technique of slowly building up to a joke or comic scenario. In later use: something which takes time to…