screenshot

1 of 2

noun

screen·​shot ˈskrēn-ˌshät 

: an image that shows the contents of a computer display

screenshot

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verb

screenshotted; screenshotting; screenshots

transitive verb

: to capture a screenshot of (an image on a computer display)

"Amazing … Can you screenshot that and send it to me?"

—Laura Loomer

… while you can prevent someone from forwarding an email, you can't stop them from screenshotting it and sending the image on.

—Jon Porter

The White House quickly deleted the tweet, but … somebody managed to screenshot it first.

—Sophie Lloyd

Examples of screenshot in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Noun

Shoppers are now sharing screenshots of descriptions that range from funny to completely inaccurate. — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 16 Oct. 2026

Musk's former friend and OpenAI co-founder Sam Altman mocked the Tesla CEO in posts on X last year over the extreme delays, showing screenshots of his reservation and refund requests. — Lora Kolodny, CNBC, 15 Oct. 2026

Verb

After the father tried to screenshot the messages, which alerted Partee, Partee deactivated his Instagram account. — Adrienne Davis, jsonline.com, 28 Aug. 2026

Someone can screenshot a text, forward it, or copy and paste it into ChatGPT. — Tatiana Sataua, Fortune, 26 Aug. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

Noun

1983, in the meaning defined above

Verb

1995, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for screenshot

• allot
• barat
• begot
• besought
• bethought
• bloodshot
• boycott
• buckshot
• crackpot
• croat
• culottes
• dashpot