showtime

showtime

English

Etymology

show +‎ time

Noun

showtime (plural showtimes)

1. The time at which an entertainment event is set to begin.
   • 1999, Thomas Schatz, Boom and Bust: American Cinema in the 1940s (page 397)

     Ushers announced movie showtimes from the moment the A picture started because the wraparound material was simply not the main attraction.

2. (figuratively) The time for action.
   • 2003, Soldier of Fortune (volume 28, page 125)

     "It's showtime," said Staff Sergeant Wallace Mains, a section leader in the 81mm mortar platoon, as he picked up his gear […]

Interjection

showtime!

1. A declaration that something is about to happen, particularly that the person speaking is about to act.