noun
Meaning 1
A person who makes a hobby of photography.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
shutterbug
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
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈʃʌtəbʌɡ/
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US: /ˈʃʌtɚbʌɡ/
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noun
Meaning 2
a photography enthusiast
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: enthusiast, partisan, partizan
History
Etymology
From shutter + bug, from their tendency to work the camera's shutter frequently.
Across languages
Translations
12 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: фотограф любител (fotograf ljubitel) — person who makes a hobby of photography
- Chinese Mandarin: 色友 (sèyǒu) — person who makes a hobby of photography
- Finnish: valokuvauksen harrastaja — person who makes a hobby of photography
- Finnish: kamerahullu — person who makes a hobby of photography
- German: Amateurfotograf — person who makes a hobby of photography
- German: Amateurfotografin — person who makes a hobby of photography
- German: Hobbyfotograf — person who makes a hobby of photography
- German: Hobbyfotografin — person who makes a hobby of photography
- Russian: фотолюби́тель (fotoljubítelʹ) — person who makes a hobby of photography
- Russian: фотолюби́тельница (fotoljubítelʹnica) — person who makes a hobby of photography
- Swedish: amatörfotograf — person who makes a hobby of photography
- Ukrainian: фотолюби́тель (fotoljubýtelʹ) — person who makes a hobby of photography