123movies

noun

An unauthorised (illegal) website that allows users to stream, watch or download films for free.

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Meanings

123movies1

noun

alternative 123Movies

  1. InternetAn unauthorised (illegal) website that allows users to stream, watch or download films for free.
    1. InternetbroadlyAny website or service that allows users to illegally stream, view, read or download content for free, such as films, shows, videos, literature, images and live broadcasts.

      There needs to be a 123movies for sports cuz this shits ridiculous

      2023 January 1, @joni_calderon, Twitter

123Movies2

proper noun
  1. A generic name for a number of unauthorised film streaming websites; a service that that allow users to stream pirated films, shows and sometimes other videos for free.
noun
  1. alternativeAlternative form of 123movies (“an unauthorised (illegal) website that allows users to stream, watch or download films for free”).
  2. alternativeAlternative form of 123movies (“any website or service that allows users to illegally stream, view, read or download content for free, such as films, shows, videos, literature, images and live broadcasts”).

Origin

123movies · noun

Genericized trademark of 123Movies.

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123Movies · proper noun, noun

Genericized trademark; from 123Movies, an unauthorised (illegal) network of file streaming websites operating from Vietnam which allowed users to watch films for free; launched around 2016 and formally shut down in 2018. The noun sense is derived from the prominence of 123Movies.

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APA

123movies. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/123movies

MLA

“123movies.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/123movies. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “123movies,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/123movies.

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