slideshow
noun
slide·show
ˈslīd-ˌshō 
variants
or slide show
plural slideshows or slide shows
1
: a presentation of photographic slides (see slide entry 2 sense 5b) projected on a surface or displayed on a screen one after another
She projected a slideshow from her mother's archive against a muslin sheet that she also drew on, putting a layered landscape in the top left corner, and then she hung a painting her mother never finished in the walk-in closet.—
Catherine Wagley
Catherine WagleySeniors were all gathered in the auxiliary gym for lunch, where a dozen or so giant sandwiches from Subway were laid out for them along with cake as they watched a slideshow of their classmates' pictures from when they were toddlers.—Sam Craig
Sam Craig2
: a collection of electronic images (as on a website) presented to be viewed one after another
Click through the attached slideshow for more information on the 15+ small businesses that will be part of the Sherman Phoenix.—The Milwaukee Business Journal
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The March 30 post, shared by user u/ParmoForTea, includes a slideshow of images showing a bottle of baby lotion.
—Lucy Notarantonio, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Mar. 2026
How about manually rotating your portrait-mode scans using your computer, then writing them back to the SD card for a more consistent slideshow?
—David English, PC Magazine, 30 Mar. 2026
In January, the group’s Instagram account published a slideshow of men and women riding horses through dramatic scenery—in one case, while brandishing a gun.
—Gaby Del Valle, Harpers Magazine, 24 Mar. 2026
Decades ago, Americans regaled their friends and neighbors with tales of their recent travels via slideshows presented at home on a Kodak Carousel projector.
—Keith Pandolfi, Cincinnati Enquirer, 19 Mar. 2026
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Lucy Notarantonio, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Mar. 2026
How about manually rotating your portrait-mode scans using your computer, then writing them back to the SD card for a more consistent slideshow?
—David English, PC Magazine, 30 Mar. 2026
In January, the group’s Instagram account published a slideshow of men and women riding horses through dramatic scenery—in one case, while brandishing a gun.
—Gaby Del Valle, Harpers Magazine, 24 Mar. 2026
Decades ago, Americans regaled their friends and neighbors with tales of their recent travels via slideshows presented at home on a Kodak Carousel projector.
—Keith Pandolfi, Cincinnati Enquirer, 19 Mar. 2026
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“Slideshow.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/slideshow. Accessed 6 Apr. 2026.
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