movie
mo·vie
noun
1.
a form of entertainment that enacts a story by a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement
- “they went to a movie every Saturday night”
- “the film was shot on location”
Origin
From moving (picture) + -ie. Attested since at least 1912 (if not 1908), originally in American English.
Phrases
- action movie
- adult movie
- art movie
- B movie
- blue movie
- bold movie
- break movie
- buddy movie
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