Meaning of screen test | Babel Free

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1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see screen, test; a test of, or involving, a screen.
2. A filmed audition to test (and demonstrate) an actor's screen-acting ability and/or suitability for a particular role.
3. A test for the presence of a particular substance; such a test that by extension tests for a particular organism or medical condition.
4. Synonym of rough ride.
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“Alan Ladd's wife spotted the budding beauty and suggested that Julie attend⟳ a screen test⟳ for a bit part in something called The Girl and the Gorilla.”

“One of the reasons for the charges was knowledge of a tradition among some police of what they called in Baltimore "a rough ride⟳" (Fernandez, 2015). The practice is to place⟳ a handcuffed prisoner face-down in the back of a police van without securing him to the seat, and then intentionally driving in a reckless manner to throw⟳ the suspect⟳ around without any way of protecting himself from injury. When David was in police work⟳, officers used to talk⟳ about the old-fashioned "screen test⟳" which used a similar technique. The officer would put⟳ the prisoner in the back seat of a patrol car in handcuffs, but not in a seat belt. Then the officer would slam on the brakes of the patrol car so that the prisoner would lunge forward⟳, face⟳ first into the screen separating the prisoner from the police officer in the front seat.”

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