Wiktionary
n. 1 An entity exhibiting high-class especially through refined of demeanor, conscientious of behavior, and/or skillfulness in performance; or an exhibition of high class especially of one or more of those types: 2 # A person or organization displaying the above characteristics 3 # A display of the above characteristics, ''e.g.'', an event or an individual or collective action
4 Used sarcasm, a person, entity, event, or action entity exhibiting the opposite of the above characteristics, ''i.e.'', boorish, unprincipled, and/or bungling behavior
WordNet
n. someone who shows impressive and stylish excellence
Wikipedia
Class Act is a 1992 comedy film, directed by Randall Miller and starring hip-hop duo Kid 'n Play. An urban retelling of Mark Twain's The Prince and the Pauper, the screenplay is by Cynthia Friedlob and John Semper from a story by Michael Swerdlick, Richard Brenne and Wayne Allan Rice. Filmed at Van Nuys High School in the San Fernando Valley section of Los Angeles, it is the third of five films starring Kid 'n Play, following House Party (1990) and House Party 2 (1991), and preceding House Party 3 (1994) and House Party 5: Tonight's The Night (2013).
Class Act was a ITV's short-lived British comedy drama series produced by Verity Lambert. The series ran for 2 seasons from 7 April 1994 to 19 October 1995, and it starring Joanna Lumley, Nadine Garner, James Gaddas, Richard Vernon and John Bowe.
Class Act is an Irish talent show which last aired on RTÉ One on Sundays at 18:30 throughout September and October 2008. It was presented by Derek Mooney. The show involved a search for young people with special talents whose efforts are then judged on television.
In 2009, due to RTÉ cutbacks, the programme was axed.
Class Act may refer to:
- Class Act, a 1992 comedy film.
- Class Act (TV series), a 1990s British comedy drama
- Class Act (Irish TV series), a 2000s Irish talent show
- Tracey Ullman: A Class Act, a TV special from actress-comedian Tracey Ullman
- A Class Act, a musical by Edward Kleban
- P5 (comics), a comic strip in The Dandy also known as Class Act
- The Community Living Assistance Services and Supports Act, or "CLASS Act", an American federal law.
Usage examples of "class act".
After all, Havilland's a class act - kind of metaphysical in this business.
The richest or most prominent of the survivors were held for ransom, or for public spectacle (the English always were a class act).