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OOV

/uːv/

OOV noun: an item in a television (especially news) broadcast consisting of pictures alone, to be played on screen while the presenter continues to talk out of vision and provide commentary. Also the initialism of out of vocabulary.

Noun

OOV (plural OOVs)

  1. An item in a television (especially news) broadcast consisting of pictures alone, to be played on screen while the presenter continues to talk out of vision and provide commentary.

Also used as

OOV is also the initialism of out of vocabulary.

Forms of OOV

pluralOOVs

Words that rhyme with OOV

4 more rhymesFewer rhymes

Questions about OOV

What does OOV mean?
OOV means an item in a television (especially news) broadcast consisting of pictures alone, to be played on screen while the presenter continues to talk out of vision and provide commentary.
What part of speech is OOV?
OOV is a noun.
How do you pronounce OOV?
OOV is pronounced /uːv/.
What is the plural of OOV?
The plural of OOV is OOVs.

Words near OOV in the dictionary

  1. OOTS
  2. OOTSs
  3. Ooty
  4. ootype
  5. ootypes
  6. OOV
  7. OOW
  8. Oowekeeno
  9. Oowekyala
  10. oowop
  11. oowops

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