A theatrical trick or gesture, something staged for dramatic effect.
A sudden or unexpected event in a play, pulled off by the author, the director, or even an actor.
The act of kneading something.
To mix thoroughly; form into a homogeneous compound.
To treat or form as if by kneading; to beat.
To work and press into a mass, usually with the hands; especially, to work, as by repeated pressure with the knuckles, into a well mixed mass, the materials of bread, cake, etc.
Of cats, to make an alternating pressing motion with the two front paws.