1. (film) a plot element that catches the viewers' attention or drives the plot
   "the McGuffin was a key element of Alfred Hitchcock's films"
   - MacGuffin

Type of: plot element

Encyclopedia: McGuffin

• corpus geniculatum mediale
• corpus luteum
• corpus mamillare
• corpus sternum
• corpus striatum
• corpuscle
• corpuscular
• corpuscular radiation
• corpuscular theory
• corpuscular theory of light
• corpuscular-radiation pressure
• corrade
• corral
• corrasion
• correct
• correctable
• corrected
• correction
• correctional
• correctional institution
• correctional rehabilitation
• corrections
• correctitude
• corrective
• correctly