English Explanatory Dictionary

grindhouse

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A low-budget film theater that shows primarily exploitation films

Word forms

grindhouse grindhouses grind house grind-house

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.

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