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grindhouse
[ grahynd-hous ]
/ ˈgraɪndˌhaʊs /
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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.
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Words nearby grindhouse
grind, grindelia, Grindelwald, grinder, grindery, grindhouse, grind in, grinding wheel, grindle, grind on, grind rock
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How to use grindhouse in a sentence
Robert Rodriguez grindhouse gore-fest, Machete Kills, slices and dices its way into theaters on Oct. 11.
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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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