# grindhouse

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #92,665

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

## 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.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/grindhouse