Definition of "Hollywood"

Hollywood

/ˈhɒl.i.wʊd/

proper noun
countable and uncountable, plural Hollywoods
1. An area in Los Angeles, California, known as the center of the American motion picture industry.
2. (metonymically) The American motion picture industry, regardless of location.
  Quotations
  Even without hovering drones, a lurking assassin, a thumping score and a denouement, the real-life story of Edward Snowden, a rogue spy on the run, could be straight out of the cinema. But, as with Hollywood, the subplots and exotic locations may distract from the real message: America’s discomfort and its foes’ glee.
  2013 June 29, “Travels and travails”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8842, page 55
3. An unincorporated community in Habersham County, Georgia, United States.
4. A village in Wythall parish, Bromsgrove district, Worcestershire, England, United Kingdom (OS grid ref SP0877).
5. A nickname for someone involved with the film industry or celebrity culture.
adjective
comparative more Hollywood, superlative most Hollywood
1. Resembling or relating to the Hollywood movie industry.
  Quotations
  As many critics pointed out, the timely (but mostly tame and light) comedy was not too controversial, but too popular, too American, and too Hollywood to headline a festival that was scheduled to screen the likes of Robert Bresson's Un Feme Douce, Jean-Luc Godard's Le Gai Savior, Eric Rohmer's My Night at Maud's, Agnes Varda's Lion's Love, Paola Pier Pasolini's Pigpen, and Bo Widenberg's Adelen '31.
  2002, Jon E. Lewis, Hollywood v. Hard Core: How the Struggle Over Censorship Created the Modern Film Industry‎, pages 168–169
  What did they say when they shipped you away to fight somebody's Hollywood war?
  2007, Jason Isbell, Dress Blues
  The film is at once too Hollywood and too realistic. It is tied to genre conventions while stylistically following the new code of realism, especially with regard to mise-en-scène and performance.
  2013, Marc Raymond, Hollywood's New Yorker: The Making of Martin Scorsese‎, page 68
2. Of or characteristic of a Hollywood film.
  Quotations
  A Time reporter called Reagan "Hollywood handsome and remarkably youthful in appearance", a candidate who had "rattled political seismographs from coast to coast."
  2002, Kirse Granat May, Golden State, Golden Youth
noun
plural Hollywoods
1. A waxing practice that removes all of the pubic hair, unlike a Brazilian which leaves a small strip behind.
  Quotations
  If you ask the woman who does your waxing she will tell you that everyone is asking for Brazilians or Hollywoods, including Gwyneth Paltrow […]
  2009, Shane Watson, How to Meet a Man After Forty and Other Midlife Dilemmas
verb
third-person singular simple present Hollywoods, present participle Hollywooding, simple past and past participle Hollywooded
1. To engage in Hollywooding (various senses).