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shutterbug

noun
/ˈʃʌtəbʌɡ/UK/ˈʃʌtɚbʌɡ/US

Etymology

From shutter + bug, from their tendency to work the camera's shutter frequently.

  1. derived from *buddô✻
  2. derived from budda
  3. derived from budde
  4. derived from *bʰew-✻
  5. derived from *bugja-✻
  6. derived from bugge
  7. compounded as shutterbug — “shutter + bug”

Definitions

  1. A person who makes a hobby of photography.

    • Aerial photography was coming into its own, and flying shutterbugs pushed the envelope, striving to outsnap each other.
    • She was contrite, but presented herself as just another frustrated shutterbug with access to Photoshop.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for shutterbug. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA