Meaning

1 senses
  1. (idiomatic)A motion picture without serious dramatic content, a weighty message, or intellectual depth, which serves simply as enjoyable entertainment.

Examples

3 sentences
  1. I love the smell of popcorn at a movie theater.

    ruМне нравится запах попкорна в кинотеатре. — amanshi

  2. I half expected Tom to bring his own popcorn to the movie theater.

  3. I only eat popcorn during a movie.

Origin

Named after popcorn, a popular accompaniment to movies.

Named after popcorn, a popular accompaniment to movies.

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Forms

plural: popcorn movies
Singularpopcorn movie
Pluralpopcorn movies

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Word family

1 related words

See also

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