page-turner
A highly interesting or suspenseful written work that one is compelled to read very…A highly interesting or suspenseful written work that one is compelled to read very rapidly.
Meaning
3 senses(idiomatic)A highly interesting or suspenseful written work that one is compelled to read very rapidly.
Her debut novel is such a page-turner that it's one of those books that you can't put down.
Pageturner
A person who is responsible for turning the pages of another musician’s (especially a pianist or organist’s) sheet music during a performance.
She's a famous soloist today, but she did her time as a page-turner, just as many others have done.
Notenwender, Notenumblätterer, Umblätterer
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see page, turner.
Translations
4 languagesBy meaning 2
Origin
From page + turner.From page + turner.
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