screenshotted; screenshotting; screenshots
: to capture a screenshot of (an image on a computer display)
"Amazing … Can you screenshot that and send it to me?"—
Laura Loomer
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
Jon PorterThe White House quickly deleted the tweet, but … somebody managed to screenshot it first.—Sophie Lloyd
Sophie LloydExamples of screenshot in a Sentence
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PC Magazine, 28 Apr. 2025
This is not to say the screenshots are wrong, but they could be taken out of context.
—Ollie Barder, Forbes.com, 25 Apr. 2025
Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 11 Apr. 2025
In the snap, which has since expired from her story but was screenshot by multiple outlets, Spelling is lying on her stomach — atop what looks like a massage bed — with her back and legs exposed and a pink blanket covering the lower half of her body.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 13 Feb. 2025
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Noun
Android users get in-app alerts if a chat partner takes a screenshot of the conversation window.
—PC Magazine, 28 Apr. 2025
This is not to say the screenshots are wrong, but they could be taken out of context.
—Ollie Barder, Forbes.com, 25 Apr. 2025
Verb
Security and privacy advocates are girding themselves for another uphill battle against Recall, the AI tool rolling out in Windows 11 that will screenshot, index, and store everything a user does every three seconds.
—Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 11 Apr. 2025
In the snap, which has since expired from her story but was screenshot by multiple outlets, Spelling is lying on her stomach — atop what looks like a massage bed — with her back and legs exposed and a pink blanket covering the lower half of her body.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 13 Feb. 2025
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“Screenshot.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/screenshot. Accessed 2 May. 2025.
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