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

That followed the circulation of a spreadsheet screenshot on social media that listed various sites around the country, including in Kansas City, for possible detention centers and the dates and times that government officials would be at them for site visits. —Chris Higgins, Kansas City Star, 23 Jan. 2026

Jurors were shown screenshots of the messages, some of which included a photograph of Bovino, according to testimony cited by the AP. —Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 22 Jan. 2026

Verb

Focus on concepts that teach something valuable in a format people will screenshot and save. —Jodie Cook, Forbes.com, 22 Jan. 2026

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