Camo

/ˈkæ.moʊ/ noun, verb, slang

noun, verb, slang ·Moderate ·High school level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A pattern on clothing consisting of irregularly shaped patches that are either greenish/brownish, brownish/whitish, or bluish/whitish, as used by ground combat forces. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    fabric dyed with splotches of green and brown and black and tan; intended to make the wearer of a garment made of this fabric hard to distinguish from the background wordnet
  3. 3
    Clothes made from camouflage fabric, for concealment in combat or hunting. countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    Clipping of camouflage. abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, countable, uncountable
Verb
  1. 1
    To camouflage. informal, transitive
  2. 2
    To put on camouflage clothing. informal, intransitive

Synonyms

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camouflagecamo clothingcamo patterncamo stylecamouflage fashioncamouflage pattern

Example

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"When you wear camo shorts, what colour t-shirt goes with that?"

Etymology

From camouflage, by shortening.

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