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

Following the initial announcement of Alzubi as principal of Western Hills, Tarrant County conservative activist Carlos Turcios posted on X screenshots of Alzubi’s previous social media posts. —Maven Navarro updated May 27, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 May 2026

Pratt accompanied the post with a screenshot of an alleged email from TV writer Jeff Davis to Jeffrey Epstein's associate Ghislaine Maxwell naming Carey in 2002. —Ashley Hume, FOXNews.com, 27 May 2026

Verb

Who speaks, who reacts, who exits, who screenshots? —Sam Reed, Glamour, 18 May 2026

But feel free to screenshot this and mock me when the Jets and Raiders are fighting over a ring. —Chris Branch, New York Times, 27 Apr. 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