movie

1. (chiefly Canada, US, Australia, New Zealand) A recorded sequence of images displayed on a screen at a rate sufficiently fast to create the appearance of motion; a film.Examples: "He is watching a crime-thriller movie."Synonyms: flick, motion picture, moving picture, moving-picture show, photoplay, picture show, pictureAustraliaCanadaNew-ZealandUS

2. (usually in the plural, chiefly Canada, US, Australia, New Zealand) A cinema; a movie theatre.Examples: "Let's go to the movies."AustraliaCanadaNew-ZealandUSplural-normally

3. (informal, figuratively) Any event, especially one that is unpleasant or tiresome.Examples: "Don't worry; this isn't the first time I've been through this movie."; "And then when the other five were in the Dance Hall up there on the river, steps away from the hot seat, Lehman let off an Italian dragged along on the lookout detail and a Hebrew who was supposed to have furnished the guns, although that had the smell of a frame because the cops didn't like him from another movie."; "I've been through this movie before, I thought."figurativelyinformal

4. (slang, figuratively) An extremely fun and exciting experience.Examples: "Every night with you is a movie!"; "My life is a movie / Bull ridin' and boobies / Cowboy hat from Gucci / Wrangler on my booty"; "Gun range was a total movie. Had to make sure our shooting skills were on point (they were). Now drinking the most expensive bottle of wine I've ever have courtesy of Gunner opening a bottle he wasn't supposed to open"figurativelyslang