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Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
name
The ship of characters Aubrey and Basil from the videogame Omori.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: slang
Topics: lifestyle
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noun
An act of photobombing.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
A photo containing someone or something that is photobombing.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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verb
To unexpectedly appear in a photograph, especially so as to ruin the picture.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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History
From photobomb, in reference to Basil liking photography and Aubrey's heated, "explosive" personality. Compare Sunburn.
From photo + bomb.
Across languages
13 source translations are retained for this English entry.
