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paparazzi

[ pah-puh-raht-see; Italian pah-pah-raht-tsee ]

plural noun

, singular pa·pa·raz·zo [pah-p, uh, -, raht, -soh, pah-pah-, raht, -tsaw]
  1. freelance photographers, especially those who take candid pictures of celebrities for publication:

    To evade the paparazzi, the actress sent her car to the front entrance and snuck in the back on foot.

    I felt like a paparazzo as I hung around waiting to catch a glimpse of the singer.



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Word History and Origins

Origin of paparazzi1

First recorded in 1965–70; from Italian, from the surname of such a photographer in Federico Fellini's ( def ) La dolce vita (1959), of disputed origin
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Example Sentences

Paparazzi photos of Mrs. Knowles-Carter sporting the Bettie Page look were released.

Mrs. Clooney has been followed around Athens during a three-day visit by a horde of paparazzi that number into the hundreds.

A low point came when she was photographed by paparazzi crying in a Soho street after the break-up.

But what is it like with no Penelope Cruz pouting in sheer red satin, without the massed paparazzi, and screaming publicists?

Lady Gaga, “Paparazzi” Did you know Alexander Skarsgard was in this video?

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