screenshot

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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

The actress expressed her excitement about joining the cast by posting a screenshot announcing her hiring. —Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 8 Jan. 2026

Jackson also shared a screenshot of an article by Parade, which cites a report by Deadline that Jackson’s G-Unit Film & Television and Jonah Bekhor and Jonas Bell Pasht’s Citizen Jones are working together on the upcoming project. —Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 7 Jan. 2026

Verb

Oh, and prepare to screenshot ahead of your next appointment. —Catharine Malzahn, Glamour, 27 Dec. 2025

Draper screenshot that and took things to her Instagram stories. —Bethy Squires, Vulture, 26 Nov. 2025

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