screenshot

1 of 2

noun

screen·​shot ˈskrēn-ˌshät 

: an image that shows the contents of a computer display

screenshot

2 of 2

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

Browse all your phone's files, such as screenshots and downloads, on your laptop like anything else on your local hard drive. — New Atlas, 22 Sep. 2026

What changes is the copy, the captions, the screenshots and sometimes the layout itself. — Gilad Bechar, Forbes.com, 22 Sep. 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