movie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmuːvi/
rhymes: -uːvi
Forms: form: movies
Etymology: From moving (picture) + -ie. Attested since at least 1912 (if not 1908), originally in American English.
Senses: examples: text: He is watching a crime-thriller movie.
synonyms: flick
motion picture
moving picture
moving-picture show
photoplay
picture show
picture
glosses: A recorded sequence of images displayed on a screen at a rate sufficiently fast to create the appearance of motion; a film.
examples: text: Let's go to the movies.
glosses: A cinema; a movie theatre.
examples: text: Don't worry; this isn't the first time I've been through this movie.
text: And then when the other five were in the Dance Hall up there on the river, steps away from the hot seat, Lehman let off an Italian dragged along on the lookout detail and a Hebrew who was supposed to have furnished the guns, although that had the smell of a frame because the cops didn't like him from another movie.
ref: 1981, Paul Sann, Trial in the Upper Room, New York, N.Y.: Crown Publishers, Inc., →ISBN, page 166:
text: I've been through this movie before, I thought.
ref: 1985, Charles Nicholl, The Fruit Palace, New York, N.Y.: St. Martin's Press, →ISBN, page 259:
text: This is the world's final fate and ultimate horror and the evangelists' just reward for being right: a kingdom ruled by the preachers, complete with the inquisitions, the debasement of women, and the witch-hunting that always accompanies self-righteous followers and enforcers of a cruel god. We've been through this movie before.
ref: 2005, Dave Smith, To Be of Use: The Seven Seeds of Meaningful Work, Novato, C.A.: New World Library, →ISBN, page 85:
text: CEO Tom Wilson said on a conference call today that Allstate hadn't seen a nationwide spike in claims costs like this "in a long time." ¶ "That said, we see this movie every year multiple times in individual states," he said. "So it's not like we haven't been through this movie multiple times before. We know how to manage it. . . .You should expect to continue to see some impact on growth."
ref: 2015 November 3, Steve Daniels, quoting Tom Wilson, “Allstate doubles pace of rate hikes as costs keep rising”, in Crain's Chicago Business, Chicago, I.L.: Crain Communications Inc., →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 18 Jan 2024:
glosses: Any event, especially one that is unpleasant or tiresome.
examples: text: Every night with you is a movie!
text: My life is a movie / Bull ridin' and boobies / Cowboy hat from Gucci / Wrangler on my booty
ref: 2018 December 3, “Old Town Road”performed by Lil Nas X:
text: Gun range was a total movie. Had to make sure our shooting skills were on point (they were). Now drinking the most expensive bottle of wine I've ever have courtesy of Gunner opening a bottle he wasn't supposed to open
ref: 2023 February 4, @dougwithersMD, Twitter, archived from the original on 18 Jan 2024:
text: last night was amazing! more content coming. it was literally a movie lol best time with one of my besties @chloebailey love you siss ❤️❤️❤️
ref: 2023 April 4, skiwithaneye, Instagram, archived from the original on 18 Jan 2024:
text: Mfs go to a party and stand by a wall all night then the next day post "last night was a movie"
ref: 2023 June 23, @Hoodville_, Twitter, archived from the original on 18 Jan 2024:
text: Thank Y'all 🔥.. 2024! I'm going to make it a movie 🎥
ref: 2023 December 2, @IMHIMZEL, Twitter, archived from the original on 18 Jan 2024:
glosses: An extremely fun and exciting experience.
Hyponyms: topics: film
television
broadcasting
media
word: art film
topics: film
television
broadcasting
media
word: documentary
topics: film
television
broadcasting
media
word: feature
topics: film
television
broadcasting
media
word: feature film
topics: film
television
broadcasting
media
word: short
topics: film
television
broadcasting
media
word: short film
topics: film
television
broadcasting
media
word: silent film
topics: film
television
broadcasting
media
word: talkie
topics: film
television
broadcasting
media
word: talking picture
Derived terms: action movie
adult movie
art movie
blue movie
B movie
B-movie
bold movie
break movie
buddy movie
disaster movie
drive-in movie
e-movie
have seen this movie
home movie
horror movie
megamovie
midmovie
midnight movie
minimovie
monster movie
movie camera
movie crew
movie deal
moviedom
movie film
movie-goer
moviegoer
moviegoing
movieholic
movie hop
moviehouse
movie house
movieize
movie jail
movieland
movieless
movielike
movielore
moviemaker
moviemaking
moviemania
movieoke
movie palace
movie projector
moviesque
movie star
movie talk
movie theater
movie theatre
movieverse
Moviola
multimovie
nonmovie
popcorn movie
race movie
radiomovie
road-movie
road movie
skin movie
slasher movie
slash movie
snuff movie
talking movie
telemovie
tent pole movie
tentpole movie
tent-pole movie
TV movie
war movie
Z-movie
Related terms: video