showtime
intjEtymology From show + time.
1
A declaration that something is about to happen, particularly that the person speaking is about to act.
showtime
nounUS /ˈʃoʊˌtaɪm/
Etymology From show + time.
1
The time at which an entertainment event is set to begin.
- Ushers announced movie showtimes from the moment the A picture started because the wraparound material was simply not the main attraction.1999, Thomas Schatz, Boom and Bust: American Cinema in the 1940s, page 397:
2
Figuratively The time for action.
- "It's showtime," said Staff Sergeant Wallace Mains, a section leader in the 81mm mortar platoon, as he picked up his gear […]2003, Soldier of Fortune, volume 28, page 125: