moviola
/ˌmuːvɪˈəʊlə
/noun trademark in the US
A device which reproduces the picture and sound of a film on a small scale, to allow checking and editing.They rented film gear, including the moviola they set up in John's home to edit the footage....
- Many of these movements you wouldn't even see unless you studied the film on the moviola.
- Upright moviolas are those tractor-like machines you see in old movies in the ‘cutting room’ scenes.
Origin
1920s: from movie + -ola (probably from pianola).
- betting shop
- betting slip
- Betti, Ugo
- bettong
- bettor
- be tuned in
- between
- between a rock and a hard place
- between jobs
- between ourselves (or you and me)
- between the devil and the deep blue sea
- between you and me and the bedpost (or the gatepost or the wall)
- between you and me and the gatepost
- between you and me and the wall
- be twice the man/woman (that someone is)
- betwixt
- betwixt and between
- be two a penny
- be two (or ten) a penny
- beun
- be unable to believe one's eyes (or ears)
- be unable to hear oneself think
- be unable to (or be hardly able to) believe one's luck
- be unable to punch one's way out of a paper bag
- be unable to see the wood (or the forest) for the trees