"photobomb" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈfəʊtəʊˌbɒm/ Audio: en-au-photobomb.ogg Forms: photobombs [plural]
Etymology: From photo + bomb. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|photo|bomb}} photo + bomb Head templates: {{en-noun}} photobomb (plural photobombs)
  1. An act of photobombing. Categories (topical): Photography
    Sense id: en-photobomb-en-noun-0H3cncwP Disambiguation of Photography: 50 33 16
  2. A photo containing someone or something that is photobombing. Translations (a photo containing someone or something that is photobombing): fotobom (Afrikaans), 搶鏡 /抢镜 (qiǎngjìng) (Chinese Mandarin), fotobom (Dutch), photobombaus (Finnish), itsensä tunkeminen kuvaan (Finnish), photobomb [masculine] (French), tunafoto (Malay), фотобомба (fotobomba) [feminine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-photobomb-en-noun-XH1VM-d4 Disambiguation of 'a photo containing someone or something that is photobombing': 8 92

Verb

IPA: /ˈfəʊtəʊˌbɒm/ Audio: en-au-photobomb.ogg Forms: photobombs [present, singular, third-person], photobombing [participle, present], photobombed [participle, past], photobombed [past]
Etymology: From photo + bomb. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|photo|bomb}} photo + bomb Head templates: {{en-verb}} photobomb (third-person singular simple present photobombs, present participle photobombing, simple past and past participle photobombed)
  1. (transitive) To unexpectedly appear in a photograph, especially so as to ruin the picture. Tags: transitive Translations (to unexpectedly appear in a photograph): 搶鏡 /抢镜 (qiǎngjìng) (Chinese Mandarin), fotobommen (Dutch), photobombata (Finnish), tunkea itsensä kuvaan (Finnish), tönkretesz egy képet (Hungarian)
    Sense id: en-photobomb-en-verb-TsYC1e07 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Afrikaans translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Malay translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Russian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 26 17 57 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 28 18 54 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 23 16 61 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 23 16 61 Disambiguation of Terms with Afrikaans translations: 30 20 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 24 15 61 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 30 20 50 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 23 14 63 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 30 20 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Malay translations: 30 20 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 24 17 59 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 18 12 70

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      "sense": "a photo containing someone or something that is photobombing",
      "word": "tunafoto"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "fotobomba",
      "sense": "a photo containing someone or something that is photobombing",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "фотобомба"
    }
  ],
  "word": "photobomb"
}

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  "called_from": "translations/609-20230504",
  "msg": "Translation too long compared to word, so it is skipped",
  "path": [
    "photobomb"
  ],
  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "photobomb",
  "trace": ""
}

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