grindhouse

English

Alternative forms

• grind house, grind-house

Etymology

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.

Noun

grindhouse (plural grindhouses)

1. (US film) A low-budget film theater that shows primarily exploitation films
   • 2007 April 10, Dave Kehr, “New DVDs”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     For Mr. Bava […] , the road from the grindhouse to the art house — or at least, the virtual art house of the DVD player — has turned out to be surprisingly, encouragingly short.

See also

• grindhouse on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• horn guides, hornguides