celeb
/sɪˈlɛb
/noun informal
A celebrity: a TV celeb...
- According to the Mirror, Britain's young people are fed up with brain-dead pop stars and shallow celebs.
- The Libertines are more like reality TV celebs than old-school rock stars.
- You know, the sort of offers that rock stars and sporting celebs would get.
Origin
Early 20th century (originally US): abbreviation.
Rhymes
- get a grip
- get ahead
- get ahead of oneself
- get a life
- get a line on
- get a load of
- get along
- get a move on
- get a (or the) feel for (or of)
- get a room
- get around
- get a shift on
- get at
- get-at-able
- get away
- getaway
- get away with
- get away with (blue) murder
- get a wiggle on
- get a word in edgeways
- get back at
- get (back) into the swing of things
- get back to
- get busy
- get by