page-turner

See also: pageturner

English

Alternative forms

• pageturner

Etymology

From page +‎ turner.

Noun

page-turner (plural page-turners)

1. (idiomatic) A highly interesting or suspenseful written work that one is compelled to read very rapidly.

   Her debut novel is such a page-turner that it's one of those books that you can't put down.

2. (music) A person who is responsible for turning the pages of another musician’s (especially a pianist or organist’s) sheet music during a performance.

   She's a famous soloist today, but she did her time as a page-turner, just as many others have done.

3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see page,‎ turner.

Related terms

• turn the page

Translations

suspenseful written work

• Finnish: lukunautinto
• German: Pageturner (de) m
• Polish: czytadło (pl) n, wciągająca książka f
• Swedish: bladvändare (sv) c

person who turns another musician's pages

• French: tourneur de pages m, tourneuse de pages f
• German: Notenwender m, Notenumblätterer m, Umblätterer m, Seitenumblätterer m
• Italian: voltapagine m or f
• Swedish: bladvändare (sv) c

See also

• cliffhanger

Further reading

• page-turner on Wikipedia.Wikipedia