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cameos

cameos is the plural of cameo.

cameos is the third-person singular simple present indicative of cameo.

Meaning of cameo

Noun

cameo (plural cameos or cameoes or camei)

  1. A piece of jewelry, etc., carved in relief.
    • Aarfy's buxom trollop had vanished with her smutty cameo ring, and Nurse Duckett was ashamed of him because he had refused to fly more combat missions and would cause a scandal.1961 November 10, Joseph Heller, “The Eternal City”, in Catch-22 […], New York, N.Y.: Simon and Schuster, →OCLC, page 433
  2. A single very brief appearance, especially by a prominent celebrity in a movie or song.
    • Famous comic book writer Stan Lee had a cameo in the Spider-Man movie. He was on screen for perhaps ten seconds, but aficionados distinctly remember him.

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Questions about cameos

What is cameos the plural of?
Cameos is the plural of cameo.

Words near cameos in the dictionary

  1. cameo ware
  2. cameo wares
  3. cameoed
  4. cameoes
  5. cameoing
  6. cameos
  7. camera
  8. camera angle
  9. camera angles
  10. camera clara
  11. camera club

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