slow-motion

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adjective

: of, relating to, or being movie or video photography in which the action that has been photographed is made to appear to occur slower than it actually occurred
a slow-motion replay
also : slowly moving
a slow-motion dance

slow motion

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noun

: slow-motion photography

Examples of slow-motion in a Sentence

Noun The scene was shot in slow motion. They showed the goal in slow motion.
Recent Examples on the Web
Adjective
But where Grapes is relentlessly symphonic and often melodramatic, Unknown—which was finally edited and released 20 years ago—is intimate and restrained, focusing acutely on the slow-motion erosion of the agrarian American dream in a pattern of exploitation that the Dust Bowl only intensified. Mark Athitakis, The Atlantic, 10 Oct. 2024 Her arms resolutely crossed, Dion got viewers ready for the game by invoking the majesty of Sunday Night Football amid a slow-motion montage of the teams’ coaches getting celebratory Gatorade baths as the strains of her ballad rose to a crescendo. Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 7 Oct. 2024
Noun
Ahead of her Friday show, Swift shared a video of herself walking around the empty floor of the Miami stadium before stopping to pet Olivia and take her sunglasses off in slow motion. Bailey Richards, People.com, 20 Oct. 2024 The facts beat so powerfully upon the memory that the images come back in rather the same way as a film in slow motion. Paul Theroux, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for slow-motion 

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Word History

First Known Use

Adjective

1915, in the meaning defined above

Noun

1924, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of slow-motion was in 1915

Dictionary Entries Near slow-motion

slow motion

slow-motion

slow-moving

Cite this Entry

“Slow-motion.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/slow-motion. Accessed 4 Nov. 2024.

Kids Definition

slow motion

noun
: action in a film or television picture apparently taking place more slowly than it actually occurred
slow-motion adjective
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