1. (film) a plot element that catches the viewers' attention or drives the plot
   "the McGuffin was a key element of Alfred Hitchcock's films"
   - MacGuffin

Type of: plot element

Encyclopedia: McGuffin

• cobaltite
• cobber
• cobble
• cobble together
• cobble up
• cobbler
• cobbler's last
• cobblers
• cobblestone
• cobbling
• cobby
• cobia
• Cobitidae
• cobnut
• COBOL
• cobra
• cobweb
• cobwebbed
• cobwebby
• coca
• Coca Cola
• coca plant
• cocain
• cocaine
• cocaine addict