marquee
/(ˌ)mɑː(ɹ)ˈkiː/ noun, adjective, verb
Forms marquees marqueeing marqueed
- noun (UK, Australia, New Zealand) A large tent with open sides, used for outdoors entertainment.
- noun (US) A projecting canopy over an entrance, especially one with a sign that displays the name of the establishment or other information of it.
- noun (US, by generalization) Lights that turn on and off in sequence, or scrolling text, as these are common elements on a marquee.
- noun An illuminated panel that appears above the screen/playfield of an arcade game, typically displaying the game's title and manufacturer.
- noun (Internet) A banner on a web page displaying text that scrolls horizontally.
- noun (computing) In graphical editing software, a special selection tool, used to highlight a portion of an image. “Rectangular Marquee Tool”
- adjective Most famous; preeminent.
- verb (graphical user interface) To select (an object or region) with the marquee selection tool.
- verb To display text prominently at the top, as in a video. “The text was marqueed at the end of the presentation.”
Synonyms
big top chase lights chaser lights marching ants pavilion marquise
Etymology
From marquise, from French marquise. Ultimately from same root as march (“border country”), margin (“edge”). Ultimately cognate with marque.
Webster’s 1913
- noun A large field tent; esp., one adapted to the use of an officer of high rank. [Written also markee.]
Etymology [F. marquise, misunderstood as a plural; prob. orig., tent of the marchioness. See Marquis.]
Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “marquee”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details