cameo

5 definitions • 8 examples

a small but noticeable part in a film, TV programme, or play, performed by a famous actor:

have a cameo The actor has a cameo as a hotel desk clerk.

Despite cameos from several famous comedians, the show fails to amuse.

cameo role He appears briefly towards the end of the film in a cameo role as a priest.

a small part in a game, activity, event, etc.:

This was an impressive cameo, especially given his lack of recent match practice.

She only put in a cameo appearance at the office party.

cameo role After playing a cameo role in the 2004 election, bloggers and new media moved to the mainstream.

a piece of usually oval jewellery on which there is a head or other shape of one colour on a surface of a different colour:

a cameo brooch

a piece of usually oval jewelry on which the shape of a head or another shape is represented against a background of a different color

a brief but noticeable part, esp. in a movie, television program, or performance in a theater, usually by someone who is famous:

The former vice president makes a cameo appearance in the movie.