grindhouse

[ grahynd-hous ]

/ ˈgraɪndˌhaʊs /

noun Slang.

Also grind house . a burlesque house, especially one providing continuous entertainment at reduced prices.

a movie theater with inexpensive admission pricing that shows low-budget films one after another, throughout the day and all or most of the night.

adjective Slang.

of or relating to the low-budget films shown in these theaters, as exploitation films or B-movies: It’s an old grindhouse flick with cannibals hunting teens through an abandoned warehouse.His art films have a cheap grindhouse aesthetic.

Origin of grindhouse

First recorded in 1920–25; grind (in the combined sense “to operate an early movie projector by turning a handle or crank” and “a low-budget film that a studio grinds out”) + house

Words nearby grindhouse

grind, grindelia, Grindelwald, grinder, grindery, grindhouse, grind in, grinding, grinding-in, grinding wheel, grindle

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Example sentences from the Web for grindhouse

Robert Rodriguez grindhouse gore-fest, Machete Kills, slices and dices its way into theaters on Oct. 11.
‘Machete Kills’ Director Robert Rodriguez on His Favorite Cult Movies|Robert Rodriguez|October 8, 2013|DAILY BEAST

British Dictionary definitions for grindhouse

grindhouse

/ (ˈɡraɪndˌhaʊs) /

noun

mainly US

a cinema specializing in violent or exploitative films such as martial arts movies from Japan and Hong Kong
(as modifier)a grindhouse film

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单词	grindhouse
释义	grindhouse [ grahynd-hous ] / ˈgraɪndˌhaʊs / noun Slang. Also grind house . a burlesque house, especially one providing continuous entertainment at reduced prices. a movie theater with inexpensive admission pricing that shows low-budget films one after another, throughout the day and all or most of the night. adjective Slang. of or relating to the low-budget films shown in these theaters, as exploitation films or B-movies: It’s an old grindhouse flick with cannibals hunting teens through an abandoned warehouse.His art films have a cheap grindhouse aesthetic. Origin of grindhouse First recorded in 1920–25; grind (in the combined sense “to operate an early movie projector by turning a handle or crank” and “a low-budget film that a studio grinds out”) + house Words nearby grindhouse grind, grindelia, Grindelwald, grinder, grindery, grindhouse, grind in, grinding, grinding-in, grinding wheel, grindle Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for grindhouse Robert Rodriguez grindhouse gore-fest, Machete Kills, slices and dices its way into theaters on Oct. 11. ‘Machete Kills’ Director Robert Rodriguez on His Favorite Cult Movies\|Robert Rodriguez\|October 8, 2013\|DAILY BEAST British Dictionary definitions for grindhouse grindhouse / (ˈɡraɪndˌhaʊs) / noun mainly US a cinema specializing in violent or exploitative films such as martial arts movies from Japan and Hong Kong (as modifier)a grindhouse film Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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