walk-ons
Minor stage roles
Walk-ons are minor performers who appear briefly in a scene, typically without speaking lines.
In theater and film, a walk-on role involves crossing the stage or appearing in the background: She started her career doing walk-ons before landing a speaking part.
In college athletics, walk-ons are players who join a team without being recruited or receiving a scholarship.
Competitive skill evaluations
- unrecruitedNot actively sought out
- rosterList of members
- benchwarmersInactive roster players
- redshirtAthlete held back a year
Brief guest appearance
- backgroundOne's formative experiences
- atmosphereGaseous layer around planets
- supernumeraryExceeding required number
- spear-carrierNon-speaking theatrical performer
Trial performance for selection
- rehearsalPre-performance practice session
- stageRaised performance platform
- blockingImpeding forward progress
- ensembleUnified group or outfit
entrance · exit · chorus · supernumerary · callback · understudy
Unexpected event causing astonishment
- uninvitedWithout formal welcome
- unannouncedWithout prior notice
- impromptuWithout advance preparation
- spontaneousArising without external cause
unscheduled · unplanned · drop-in · last-minute · serendipitous · gatecrash
tryouts
Competitive skill evaluations
- unrecruitedNot actively sought out
- rosterList of members
- benchwarmersInactive roster players
cameo
Brief guest appearance
- backgroundOne's formative experiences
- atmosphereGaseous layer around planets
- supernumeraryExceeding required number
spear-carrier · extra · stand-in · ambient · principal
audition
Trial performance for selection
- rehearsalPre-performance practice session
- stageRaised performance platform
- blockingImpeding forward progress
ensemble · entrance · exit · chorus · supernumerary · callback · understudy
surprise
Unexpected event causing astonishment
- uninvitedWithout formal welcome
- unannouncedWithout prior notice
- impromptuWithout advance preparation
spontaneous · unscheduled · unplanned · drop-in · last-minute · serendipitous · gatecrash
- athleticsrunning, basketball, jumping, football, sprinting
- college sportscollege athletics, college basketball, college football, college baseball, NCAA
- College Athleticsbasketball, football, NCAA, baseball, Division II
- background actorsextras, stand-ins, body doubles, crowd scenes
- minor rolesextras, bit parts
- footballfootball, touchdown, field goal, quarterback, end zone
walk-onsleads
Goes in front
leading roles · protagonists · title roles · main characters · headliners
walking, sidewalk, walker, walks, walked, boardwalk, crosswalk, cakewalk, sleepwalking