Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

grindhouse

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.02 in modern English

Syllables
grind-house
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A low-budget film theater that shows primarily exploitation films

American usage

Example Sentences

Etymology

From grind + house. * Perhaps from the grinding or cranking motion employed by early projectionists. * Perhaps from bump and grind (dubious). The term may originally have been used for burlesque houses in the 1940s.

Usage

Inflected Forms

grindhouses (plural) grind house (alternative) grind-house (alternative)

Questions

What does grindhouse mean?
A low-budget film theater that shows primarily exploitation films
Where does grindhouse come from?
From grind + house. * Perhaps from the grinding or cranking motion employed by early projectionists. * Perhaps from bump and grind (dubious). The term may originally have been used for burlesque houses in the 1940s.

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