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mov·ie

   [moo-vee]
noun
1.
motion picture.
2.
motion-picture theater (often preceded by the): The movie is next-door to the hardware store.
3.
movies,
a.
motion pictures, as an industry (usually preceded by the): The movies have had to raise prices.
b.
motion pictures, as a genre of art or entertainment: gangster movies.
c.
the exhibition of a motion picture: an evening at the movies.
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Origin:
1905–10; mov(ing picture) + -ie
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Word Origin & History

movie
1912 (perhaps 1908), shortened form of moving picture (1896).
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movies
1912, see movie.
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  1. n.
    a case of diarrhea. (Because it keeps you on the move, going to the john.) : A case of the movies kept me going all night.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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