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noun

Movie n.

A motion picture.

Synonyms: film, picture, moving picture, motion picture, picture show, flick.

A motion picture show; the event of showing a motion picture. In the pl., the event of showing a motion picture at a movie theater; as, to go to the movies; to spend an evening at the movies.

pl. The motion picture industry or medium, generally.

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Etymology of 'Movie'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Movie" Quotes from Famous Books

... from under the blankets. Besides being a most efficient land-prawn eradicator, he made a first rate alarm clock. But best of all, he was Pappy Jack's Little Fuzzy. He wanted out; this time Jack took his movie camera and got the whole operation on film. One thing, there'd have to be a little door, with a spring to hold it shut, that little Fuzzy could operate himself. That was designed during breakfast. It only took a couple of hours to ...

— Little Fuzzy • Henry Beam Piper

... traced the map right down to the exact spot where the buildings were. Then he turned on a movie, and he showed the back-door, garbage strewn, and a room where a family slept, seven of them, and the privy they shared ...

— Prologue to an Analogue • Leigh Richmond

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