English noun: sideshow | |||
1. | sideshow (event) a subordinate incident of little importance relative to the main event | ||
Samples | Instruction is not an educational sideshow. | ||
Broader (hypernym) | incident | ||
2. | sideshow (act) a minor show that is part of a larger one (as at the circus) | ||
Broader (hypernym) | show | ||