массо́вка

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1.
crowd scene, extras (collectively)film
Она́ подраба́тывает в массо́вке.
She earns extra money working as an extra.
film and theatre; colloquially also the group of extras
2.
mass meeting, mass event, mass outing
В воскресе́нье в парке устро́или массо́вку.
On Sunday they organized a mass gathering in the park.
often of Soviet-era organized events
3.
(rare) mass-circulation press, popular pressjournalism
Таки́е статьи́ печа́тает то́лько массо́вка.
Only the popular press prints articles like that.
colloquial, often disparaging

Examples

Он снимался в массовке в этом фильме.
He appeared as an extra in this film.
Летом мы часто ездили на массовки за город.
In summer, we often went on mass outings to the countryside.
На массовку набрали двести человек.
Two hundred people were hired as extras.