thesp

Clipping of thespian.

thesp (plural thesps)

1. (informal) An actor.
   • 2016 February 16, Peter Debruge, “Film Review: ‘Genius’”, in Variety‎, retrieved 2021-03-31:

     For this particular storytelling approach to work, however, audiences must also find themselves seduced by the figures in question — a tall order in a movie that’s overwritten, over-scored and wildly overacted by thesps who should all know better.

thesp (third-person singular simple present thesps, present participle thesping, simple past and past participle thesped)

1. (informal) To act (perform in a play etc.).
   • 1947 April 5, Billboard:

     The play is expertly thesped by a competent cast of actors […]

• Speth, Steph