picture show

[pik-cher shoh]

noun

Older Use.

1. a movie; motion picture.

2. a movie theater.

Word History and Origins

Origin of picture show¹

First recorded in 1865–70, in sense “exhibition of pictures” and in 1910–15 for current senses

Related Words

• cinema 
• flick 
• footage 
• motion picture 
• picture 
• show