spectacle
/ˈspektəkl/ noun [C]Definition
› an event that is exciting or unusual to watch
make a spectacle of yourself › to do something that makes you look stupid and that makes other people look at you: He got drunk and made a real spectacle of himself.
(Definition of spectacle noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary
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