body double

noun

: a double who takes the place of an actor especially in scenes calling for nudity

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Some footage was shot with a body double for Foxx, though little of it ended up in the film after a rewrite of the scene. Brendan Morrow, USA TODAY, 17 Jan. 2025 Ford, from Stirling, Scotland, was described to the court as an amateur actor, who played Pitt’s body double during shoots for the 2013 film World War Z in Glasgow. Luke Chinman, People.com, 19 Dec. 2024 This necessitated shooting a body double from behind. Bill Desowitz, IndieWire, 18 Dec. 2024 Did Dylan steal Keith Richards’s body double to be his guitarist? Brady Gerber, Vulture, 16 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for body double 

Word History

First Known Use

1981, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of body double was in 1981

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“Body double.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/body%20double. Accessed 9 Feb. 2025.

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