noun, verb, slang ·Moderate ·College 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

All synonyms

camouflagecamouflage

Example

More examples

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

Etymology

From camouflage, by shortening.

Related phrases

camo up

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