Etimology
From moving (picture) + -ie. Attested since at least 1912 (if not 1908), originally in American English.
noun
movie (plural movies)
(chiefly Canada, US, Australia) A recorded sequence of images displayed on a screen at a rate sufficiently fast to create the appearance of motion; a film.
(usually in the plural, chiefly Canada, US, Australia) A cinema; a movie theatre.
(informal, figuratively) Any event, especially one that is unpleasant or tiresome.
(slang, figuratively) An extremely fun and exciting experience.
Examples
Synonyms: flick, motion picture, moving picture, moving-picture show, photoplay, picture show, picture
Let's go to the movies.
Don't worry; this isn't the first time I've been through this movie.
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.
I've been through this movie before, I thought.
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.
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."
Every night with you is a movie!
My life is a movie / Bull ridin' and boobies / Cowboy hat from Gucci / Wrangler on my booty
Gun range was a total movie. Had to make sure our shooting skills were on point . Now drinking the most expensive bottle of wine I've ever have courtesy of Gunner opening a bottle he wasn't supposed to open
last night was amazing! more content coming. it was literally a movie lol best time with one of my besties @chloebailey love you siss ❤️❤️❤️
Mfs go to a party and stand by a wall all night then the next day post "last night was a movie"
Thank Y'all 🔥.. 2024! I'm going to make it a movie 🎥
Related words
hyponyms
art film
documentary
feature
feature film
short
short film
silent film
talkie
talking picture