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photo op

photo op noun: clipped compound of photo opportunity.

Noun

photo op (plural photo ops)

  1. (informal) Clipped compound of photo opportunity.
    • Senator Ben Sasse of Nebraska on Tuesday declared himself “against clearing out a peaceful protest for a photo op that treats the Word of God as a political prop.”2020 June 2, Matt Flegenheimer, “What Democracy Scholars Thought of Trump’s Bible Photo Op”, in New York Times

Forms of photo op

pluralphoto ops

Questions about photo op

What does photo op mean?
Photo op means clipped compound of photo opportunity.
What part of speech is photo op?
Photo op is a noun.
What is the plural of photo op?
The plural of photo op is photo ops.

Words near photo op in the dictionary

  1. photo magazine
  2. photo magnet
  3. photo magnets
  4. photo mode
  5. photo modes
  6. photo op
  7. photo opportunities
  8. photo opportunity
  9. photo ops
  10. photo pack
  11. photo packs

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