movie

mov·ie

noun \ˈmü-vē\

Definition of MOVIE

1

: motion picture

2

plural : a showing of a motion picture

3

plural : the motion-picture medium or industry

Examples of MOVIE

1. He wants to work in the movies.
2. a career in the movies

Origin of MOVIE

moving picture

First Known Use: 1911

Related to MOVIE

Synonyms: film, flick, flicker, motion picture, moving picture, picture

Related Words: animated cartoon, cartoon, docudrama, documentary, feature, featurette, short, short subject; silent, talkie; B movie, B picture, cofeature

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Other Pictures (on film) Terms

daguerreotype, emulsion, fill, sepia, still, stop

Rhymes with MOVIE

groovy